Health Minister added that the commission will also advocate for the rights of the recipients of these health services. PHOTO: FILE
A healthcare commission will monitor the quality and work of the healthcare services in Sindh and any person who fails to comply with the decision or recommendations of the commission will be imposed a fine which may extend to Rs500,000.
This was announced by the health minister Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar, while speaking to the media at his office on Thursday. Dahar said that the commission was entrusted with the task to enquire and investigate into maladministration, malpractice and failure in the provision of healthcare services.
"The healthcare commission can impose and collect penalties on violation, breach or non-compliance of the provision of the act," Dahar said. He added that the commission will also advocate for the rights of the recipients of these health services.
The minister further said that the commission will hold seminars, conferences and meetings on spreading awareness about the provision of high quality healthcare services. Dahar added that the commission will promote and develop partnership with other organisations, while it might also revoke the licence of any healthcare service provider, if it had been obtained through fraud.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 27th, 2015.
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