The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed to fill all the vacant posts of doctors in the government hospitals after it was informed that around 4000 posts of doctors are lying vacant in the major government hospitals in the province.
A division bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar resumed the hearing on the petition filed by Shahab Osto about vacancies of doctors in the province in the backdrop of unavailability of doctors and paramedical staff in Shikarpur District Hospital after a suicide attack at Imambargah. The petition contended that a high number of deaths were caused due to unavailability of doctors in Shikarpur District hospitals.
Additional Secretary Health Sindh informed the court that report on strength of doctors and paramedical staff and the vacant posts about Karachi, Shikarpur, Tharparkar, Badin, Thatta and Larkana has been submitted in the court.
He told the court that there is a shortage of 79 surgeons in district hospital Shikarpur. Acting upon the orders of court, six vacancies have been filled in the hospital and notifications have been issued in this regard. These doctors are related the cardiology, gynaecology, paediatric and other fields. These doctors have been transferred to Shikarpur from Karachi and other areas of Sindh and have assumed their responsibilities as per the directives of the court in the last hearing.
The petitioner submitted before the court that around 4000 seats of doctors in the government hospitals of the province are lying vacant. He pointed out that these vacancies of the doctors are related to gynaecologist, pathologists, child specialists and others.
After hearing the Additional Secretary Health, SHC directed for filling the vacant posts in the hospitals in Sindh province. Meanwhile, SHC sought the details of the cases related to incidents of arson and killings on May 12, 2007. Court inquired from Deputy Prosecutor General about the number of cases registered about carnage on the fateful day of May 12, 2007 as well as about the arrest of culprits behind this carnage.
The SHC also sought the report about the current status of the registered cases regarding May 12, 2007 mayhem. During the hearing, court appointed Shahab Sarki Advocate as amicus curiae of the court along with Faisal Siddiqui Advocate. Court directed them to come up with full preparations to assist the court as the case is in the public interest.
Court put off the hearing of the case for June 06, 2018 after Justice K.K. Agha remarked that the elements responsible for paralyzing the judicial system should be identified and responsibility should be fixed for it. He said it is imperative to fix the responsibility for the rule of law in the country. Court sought the arguments from amicus curiae in June 06 hearing.
Former president General Pervez Musharraf (retd), MQM's founder, and then home minister Wasim Akhtar who is now Karachi Mayor, have been made respondents along with the others as the application that has been filed seeks from the court to bring those responsible for May 12, 2007 carnage to justice.
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