KHAIRPUR: Caretaker Chief Minister former Justice Maqbool Baqar after witnessing the pathetic condition in Civil Hospital Khairpur placed the services of the Director Finance under suspension and ordered the transfer of the Medical Superintendent of the hospital and ordered an overall inquiry into the hospital affairs.
The CM accompanied by his principal Secretary Hassan Naqvi and Secretary Health Dr Mansoor Rizvi paid a surprise visit to the Civil Hospital to witness the condition of different wards, labs, and radiology and interacted with the patients.
In the emergency, the female and male patients were lying on bare beds without bed sheets. There was no segregation for male and female patients. The beds were lying here and there and there was no oxygen and monitors, and even nebulisers were out of order and were lying on the floor with multiple layers of dust.
To a question, the MS told the CM that there were no lady doctors on duty in the emergency and there was only one lady doctor who was ‘on call’. The CM expressed displeasure, saying this hospital was a 550-bedded facility but it was being run like a dispensary.
Justice Baqar visited radiology and inspected the dark Room where X-rays were being processed was in a pathetic and dirty condition. In the laboratory of the hospital which had good equipment but some of it out of order and no effort was not taken to fix them.
In the pharmacy there was no appropriate record of the medicines being given to the patients. A private pharmacy was operating inside the hospital premises and the CM directed the Secretary health to get it sealed.
The kitchen of the hospital was also in deserted condition.
The CM placed the services of the Director Finance under suspension and ordered the transfer of the medical superintendent.
The Chief Minister also visited Government Naz Secondary High School established in 1906. The condition of the school building was precarious. The CM noticed that the enrolment was over 900 hundred but the presence of the students was around 70 per cent.
The lab and the library had no electric lights and even there was no stock of books. The washrooms of the schools were completely choked and electric water coolers were out of order. The CM expressed displeasure and directed the Deputy Commissioner to restore the glories of the historic school established over an area of 48 acres.
The school has a beautiful garden but it was not maintained properly. The CM summoned the XEN of the building and directed him to renovate the school building within a month.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2023