Decision brought on by unhygienic hospital conditions, patients’ complaints. PHOTO: SAMEER RAZZAQ/EXPRESS
PESHAWAR: The agency surgeon and medical superintendent of Agency Headquarters Hospital Wana, South Waziristan, have been suspended by Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmad for keeping the facility in unhygienic condition and leaving patients’ grievances unresolved.
The governor visited the hospital where elderly women, patients and locals told him about the state of facilities and submitted their complaints against the hospital administration. He directed officials to improve the condition of the hospital without further delay. Patients at the facility were surprised and pleased at the same time to have the governor among them.
Progress work
On the second day of his visit to the agency on Saturday, Mehtab met the representatives of the Ahmadzai, Wazir, Dotani and Suleman Khel tribes. While addressing a jirga, he announced a municipal corporation would be established in the agency and ultimately pave the way for development in the region.
“The irrigation projects will cultivate nearly 9,500 acres land in South Waziristan,” said Mehtab, adding that he had already approved an amount to run the irrigation system through solar power. He inaugurated five irrigation projects that will be completed by the FATA Development Authority that included the Chao Tangi small dam, Shakai small dam, Sheen Warsak canal system and a small irrigation system in Zerlatta.
Moreover, the governor also announced a package of Rs300 million for development projects in Tou Khula tehsil of South Waziristan Agency. He added construction work on the Wana to Sholam bypass road will soon be initiated. He announced the construction of a grid station in the area and the establishment of an industrial unit for the extraction of oil.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2015.
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