KARACHI, Mar 13 (APP): Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah Sunday
said that three departments including health, education and local bodies were most important and that if they improved their performance,
most of the public grievances would be redressed automatically.
This he said while talking to doctors and para-medical
staff during his surprise visit of Civil Hospital Khairpur and Kausar Mother & Child Hospital Khairpur, says a statement issued here.
It said that the Chief Minister during his surprise visit to
Civil Hospital Khairpur found that some of the doctors absent from
their duties. There was no appropriate arrangement of cleanliness of
the wards and corridors.
He visited Ortho ward and inquired about the health of the
patients and also asked the patients if the incharge of the ward, Dr
Nazar Shah had visited them, the patients’ reply was in negative.
On this, the Chief Minister expressed his displeasure and ordered
suspension of Dr Nazar Shah’s services with immediate effect.
“How much it is painful to see that the people of this noble
profession have turned to be irrelevant and irresponsible,” he said
and added that he was working hard to develop health facilities all
over Sindh but some `unprofessional doctors’ obstructing his efforts.
Qaim Ali Shah visited different wards of the hospital and asked
the patients and their attendants whether they were being provided
with medicines free of cost or not.
Their reply was in affirmative but they complained about cleanliness of the wards and hospital.
On this the Chief Minister asked the medical superintendent that
where was Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Aziz Soomro.
The medical superintendent said that he was not on duty. The
Chief Minister also ordered to place his services under suspension.
The Chief Minister also visited the under construction eight
blocks of the hospital. The Project Director District Headquarter
Hospital (DHQs) & Taluka Headquarter Hospitals (THQs) Dr Suresh
briefed the chief minister about the hospital.
Dr Suresh said that the Khairpur Civil Hospital which the Chief
Minister has turned into a teaching hospital of Khairpur Medical
College spreads over 19 acres. It is a Rs 1.6 billion project and work
on its five blocks have been completed.
He further said that the remaining three blocks include kitchen,
cafeteria, morgue house, Musafer Khana, laundry, boundary wall and
landscaping where work was in progress.
Qaim Ali Shah said that the hospital project has some design
faults. Its corridors are too wide while its wards are congested. He
directed the architect of the project to make necessary amendments in
the design and make the wards wide enough. “No doubt, it is an airy
hospital with proper wind crossing arrangement which keeps the
hospital cool but congestion in the wards causes suffocation. It is
not good for patients, he observed.
He directed the architect of the project to improve the design
within the approved cost and wide the wards properly. “The changes in
its design must be done in consultation with commissioner Sukkur, DC
Khairpur and Medical Superintendent of the hospital.
He directed the PD to complete the project before June 2016 and
asked him how many other DHQs he would hand over to the health
department. On this the PD Dr Suresh said that DHQs Badin, Shikarpur,
Khairpur, Naushehroferoze, Sanghar, Tando Mohammad Khan, Tando
Allahyar and Kotri would be completed by June 2016 at a cost of
around Rs2 billion.
The Chief Minister also visited under construction TB hospital
with the teaching hospital area and urged the architect to keep the
`Isolation Wards’ airy and pleasant.