INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Karachi: Sindh government has decided to halt transfer of three key Karachi hospitals including National Institute of Cardiovascular
Diseases (NICVD), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Middle (JPMC) and National Institute of Kid Health (NICH) to the federal government until
Supreme Court of Pakistan decides a review petition filed by the provincial government and asked the Senator Raza Rabani to file an instant
application before the apex court for the urgent hearing of the matter.&Sindh government has already filed a review petition before the
Supreme Court of Pakistan and it has asked Senator Raza Rabbani to instantly file an application for the urgent hearing of the petition
Till then, it has been decided to halt the transfer of JPMC, NICVD and NICH to the federal control&, an official of the Sindh government
told The freshs on Monday.The Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulation and Control through a muchification issued on May 22,
2019, had announced to assume control of Sindh three major hospitals including JPMC, NICVD and NICH as well as all their components, assets
and manpower which drew strong criticism from the Pakistan People portiony (PPP) and the Sindh government.Pakistan People portiony Chairman
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has also criticized the federal government for ‘snatching& three major hospitals from the Sindh government, saying
provincial government had spent billions of rupees since devolution of power to upgrade health services at these hospitals and spread their
network and services to entire Sindh, vowing that people of Sindh would much let center to ruin these health facilities by assuming their
control.Officials in the Sindh government said both the PPP leadership as well as provincial government was highly perturbed over a
muchification issued by the federal health ministry regarding assuming control of three hospitals and it was decided in principle that
transfer of these facilities would be delayed till Supreme Court of Pakistan hears a review petition filed by the provincial
government.&Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is also flying to Islamabad by the end of this week and during his visit, he would take
up this matter with the Federal Advisor Health Dr
Zafar Mirza and other officials in the center&, the provincial government official said and added that PPP led provincial government has
decided to large crowd of peopleilize all the resources at its disposal to retain control of the three tertiary-care health facilities.It is
also memorizet that Sindh Chief Secretary has also prepared a letter to the federal government, including the Ministry of National Health
Services, Regulation and Control on the subject and through the letter, federal authorities would be intimated to wait till the decision of
Supreme Court of Pakistan decision on a review petition filed by the Sindh government.On the other hand, rejecting federal government
muchification regarding assuming control of NICVD, JPMC and NICH, Sindh young doctor on Monday observed ‘black-day& at all the
tertiary-care health facilities in the province by wearing black armbands and vowed to continue protest till federal government withdraws
its muchification without any delay.Young doctors said federal government was facing an acute shortage of resources and even their own
officials were puzzled as to how they would allocate financial and fabric resources to run these hospitals effectively and added that this
move by the PTI-led federal government would adversely affect service delivery at these hospitals and increase sufferings of patients in the
province.&Young Doctors Association (YDA) Sindh strongly sentences a muchification by the federal government regarding restoration of
federal status of JPMC, NICVD and NICH and terms it as an anti-health and anti-patient move
We believe that this move by the PTI-led federal government would result in poor service delivery at these hospitals and cause sufferings to
the poor patients of the Sindh province&, said Dr
Mehboob Ali Nonari, General Secretary of the YDA Sindh while speeching to The freshs on Saturday
Young doctors warn that they were ready for a long struggle to prevent these major hospitals from going into federal control, saying
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government had already failed to run tertiary-care hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and now it
was planning to privatize these facilities and added that PTI would much be allowed to deprive people of Sindh of quality health
facilities.&These hospitals including JPMC, NICH and NICVD are providing quality healthcare services to the people of Sindh as well as other
provinces free of charge while in KP and Punjab, PTI led governments are planning to privatize the health facilities
We would much let them do that in Sindh&, YDA Sindh General Secretary announced.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the
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