The Pakistan Medical Association (PMLA) and Young Doctors Association (YDA) have asked the Punjab government to withdraw suspension orders of senior doctors and professors in the aftermath of the death of Zohra Bibi who breathed her last in the corridors of Jinnah Hospital Lahore on 2nd January.
The health department suspended Jinnah Hospital's Medical Superintendent Dr Zafar Yusuf, Professors Jawad Zaheer and Tanveer-ul-Islam of the Post Graduate Medical Institute and Lahore General Hospital and Professor Zafar Iqbal of Allama Iqbal Medical College and Jinnah hospital as news of the death of Zohra Bibi on the floors of Jinnah Hospital went viral in the media.
YDA representatives told media here on Thursday that they would not support VIP culture in government hospitals and would not allow separate beds for VIPs in future. They urged the government to improve the state of affairs in public sector hospitals and provide facilities. After every incident, only doctors are blamed while attention is not paid to address the core issues, they said.
They further said that there are 110 beds in emergency ward of Lahore General Hospital (LGH) while about two thousand patients get treatment in the emergency daily. According to regulations of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), all private hospitals are bound to provide half of their beds to poor patients. Zohra Bibi was allegedly denied treatment in Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital and Rashid Latif Medical College. A committee constituted by the PMDC is scheduled to submit its report on the matter on January 13. Professor Dr Ajmal Hasan Naqvi, PMA Lahore Chapter President said there is a strong resentment among medical professionals as very senior and respected professors were held responsible for the death of Zohra Bibi. "We reject the attempt of health department to tarnish the image of respected professors."
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