Action taken: Civil hospital MS suspended

SUKKUR: Health secretary Dr Usman Chachar suspended on Wednesday the medical superintendent (MS) Dr Khalil Katpar of Civil Hospital, Mirpur Mathelo, and issued a show-cause notice to the provincial health services director-general Dr Hassan Murad Shah, following the appointment of more than four dozen Chadhar community members in the health department, Ghotki. The matter of the appointments in the Civil hospital and district health office, Mirpur Mathelo has forced the authorities to initiate action. Petitioner Farman Ali Pitafi, who is a malaria supervisor at the health department, told The Express Tribune that the CM has taken notice of the massive irregularity and ordered an inquiry into the matter. He added that the Sindh chief secretary will conduct the inquiry and Pitafi has been directed to come to his office in Karachi on December 10.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 8^th, 2016.