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RAWALPINDI: Tent shelter homes have been set up for attendants at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH).
Two shelters have been set up in the hospital’s car park to help those in need. Attendants will be provided with free beds in the shelter after depositing their national identity cards.
This facility has brought ease and convenience to the attendants who previously had to spend their nights outside the hospital in the biting cold.
BBH Medical Superintendent Dr Tariq Masood Niazi stated that two shelter homes were set up initially while more would be soon established on a humanitarian basis.
He added that after the establishment of this facility, those doctors and nurses who were attending to patients could also be reached when they were needed.
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Inquiry postponed
Proceedings of an inquiry committee, to probe the alleged interference of a provincial lawmaker from the ruling PTI, has been adjourned until January 31 without any proceedings.
Meanwhile, tent shelters have been set up at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital in the city.
Local Health Officer (LHO) Nighat Bibi and Deputy Kahuta District Health Officer Dr Farhat had filed an application with District Health Authority (DHA) chief executive, calling Dr Mehmood for an inquiry into the alleged interference of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial lawmaker Raja Sagheer Ahmed at the behest of his wife who is deployed at the district health office.
Subsequently, District Tuberculosis (TB) Officer Dr Sajid Latif had been tasked with investigating the matter.
In their complaint, Dr Farhat and Nighat had demanded that the inquiry should not be limited to the departmental matter.
The inquiry committee had sent summons to the parties for January 26. However, no proceedings of the committee could take place because Dr Latif’s services had ended since he was not given an extension.
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Meanwhile, Dr Farhat has not yet been able to resume her office as the deputy district health officer.
They said that the issue which begun from the health office has irked the employees and they have demanded that the chief minister take notice of the matter so that they and the other employees can perform their duties without any pressure.
Ambulance service
An ambulance service began in the basic health units of Karor and Rural Health Clinic in Kotli Sattian.
During the inauguration, MNA Sadaqat Abbasi and MPA Latasab Satti informed that another basic health care unit had been completed in the union council of Ayari in Kotli Satyan and said that it would soon be inaugurated after the deployment of doctors, Paramedical staff and other related staff.
Furthermore, they said that all necessary health and educational facilities would be provided in Murree, Kotli Satyan and Kahuta while a new university was also being constructed in the constituency.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2019.
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