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Minister's surprise visit to Jhang hospital

Published December 12, 2016 Updated December 12, 2016 12:00am

Provincial Minister for Primary and Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir paid a surprise visit to DHQ Hospital Jhang on Sunday. The Minister took a round of medical ward, emergency, CCU and Medical Stores.
The senior medical officer in emergency Dr Imran was found absent from duty. Moreover, medicines store at the emergency was closed and the Dispenser Nasir was absent due to which medicine delivery at Emergency was disrupted.
Khawaja Imran Nazir took a serious notice of the situation and ordered to suspend the Dispenser and directed to hold inquiry against the absent SMO Dr Imran.
Minister Health also visited Emergency Diagnostic Lab. It was told that the Diagnostic Lab is closed due to Sunday. The patients complained for getting their tests from the market. In CCU, two out of five cardiac monitors were found out of order.