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| 2023 SLG 2085 2023 SLD 2085 = 2023 PLD 178 |
Write Petition No. 1344-P of 2021, decided on 2nd February, 2023.
Before Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Shakeel Ahmad, JJ
Asim Khan for Petitioner. Arshad Ahmad, A.A.G. for
Respondents Nos. 1 and 2. Ali Zaman for
Respondents Nos. 3 to 6.
FARMAN SHAH---Petitioner
VERSUS
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA through C.S. and others--Respondents
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 9 , 199
(a) Constitution of Pakistan---
----Art. 9---Security of person---Government hospitals---Right to medical treatment---Scope---Word life is very significant as it covers all facets of human existence and a person is entitled to protection of life in terms of Art. 9 of the Constitution---State has to protect its citizens by providing adequate medical facilities and it is an essential part of obligations undertaken by Government in a welfare State---Government discharges its obligations by running hospitals and health centers, which provide medical care to a person seeking to avail those facilities---Preservation and protection of human life is thus of paramount importance---Government hospitals run by the State and medical officers employed therein are duty bound to extend medical assistance for preserving human life and failure on the part of the Government hospital to provide timely medical treatment to a person in need of such treatment would result in violation of his right to life guaranteed under the Constitution.
(b) Constitution of Pakistan---