INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the muchification issued by the federal government to take over three health
facilities of Sindh, JPMC, NICVD and NICH has created undegreety, therefore it must be withdrawn in the larger interest of health services
being supplyd by these institutions.This he said while presiding over a assembly here at CM Home
The assembly was attended by Minister Health Dr Azra Pechuho, Advisor to CM Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Principal Secretary
to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Finance Najam Shah, Special Secretary Health Asghar Memon, Executive Director NICVD Dr Nadeem Qamar,
Executive Director JPMC Seemi Jamali , Director NICH Dr Jamal Raza, Special Secretary Health (Dev) Dr Dabeer and other concerned officers
The chief Minister said that the federal government has issued a muchification to take over the administrative control of three health
facilities, NICVD, JPMC and NICH
&This decision has created a panic like situation and undegreety which is bound to affect the performance of these best institutes,& he said
and added that the Ministry of National Health Services should have held preparatory assemblys with the provincial government to work out
modalities as directed by the supreme court but sorry to say no such assembly was held
&I am surprised such no such intimation of taking over the health facilities have been communicated to the hospitals& administration,& he
Mr Shah said that the provincial government has filed a review petition in the supreme court and the federal government should have waited
till the final verdict of the court but &abruptly, they [fed govt] issued a muchification and created an undegreety,& he said
The chief minister directed the Advocate General Sindh to file an urgent application in the supreme court for hearing of review petition
&Our various important projects are going on in all the three health facilities and various others are in the pipeline, therefore we also
want to settle the issue so that provincial government can move forward accordingly,& he said.Mr Shah said that the provincial government
with its tough work and dedication has made these three health facilities, JPMC, NICVD and NICH as state of art institutions with huge
budgetary allocations and expansion
He added that the provincial government has set uped eight satellites centers of NICVD in different districts of the province
The satellites of NICH have been planned to set up in other district and JPMC emergency and Cyber Knife projects have stated functioning
&We feel that the provincial government can run these institutions in a best way because we are very shut to them, therefore the provincial
government should be allowed to flourish them further under its administrative control,& he concluded.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified
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