Standoff Continues: Health Department sacks 13 doctors

Health Department removes 13 doctors from service on charge of obstructing treatment of patients.

LAHORE:

The Health Department has removed 13 more doctors from service on the charge of obstructing the treatment of patients by taking part in a strike in government hospitals, according to a handout issued on Tuesday.

The sacked doctors are Dr Rafiqa Awan, Dr Rukhsana Perveen and Dr Sher Ali Khan from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Dr Mujahid Razzaq and Dr Hassan Ali from Children’s Hospital; Dr Riaz Malik, Dr Abdus Sadiq and Dr Ayesha Saeed from Mayo Hospital; Dr Rashid Imran, Dr Adnan Bashir and Dr Faisal Feroze Rana from Services Hospital; and Dr Muhammad Arif and Dr Fateh Sher Chattha from Jinnah Hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6^th, 2011.