CDA chief appalled at dirty Capital Hospital

Tells management to improve healthcare facilities

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Aamer Ali Ahmad has directed Capital Hospital management to improve cleanliness and medical facilities being provided to the patients.

During his visit to the hospital, he expressed concern over improper cleanliness arrangements and inadequate medical facilities being provided at the hospital.

Ahmad told the hospital management to improve overall cleanliness of the wards and ensure provision of improved medical facilities to patients. He also expressed his displeasure over the overall situation of the hospital and said that Capital Hospital was once considered as one of the best medical facilities of the city, however, now due to inadequate medical facilities, improper cleanliness and other problems patients have to face difficulties.

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He directed the management of the hospital to improve overall situation of the hospital on immediate basis and also passed directions to allocate Rs20 million for the upkeep of the hospital. He further directed that upkeep work would be supervised by the executive director of the hospital and director general services.

Chairman Ahmad directed the director general works to start work on construction of an additional block of the Capital Hospital by Friday and ensure its completion within given time frame so that increasing number of patients could be provided state of the art medical facilities.

He also took notice of shortage of doctors and paramedical staff and directed the director general, HRD to approach Ministry of Interior to take up the matter of hiring of testing agency and necessary No Objection Certificate for recruitment before the Eid holidays so that after Eid Ul Azha recruitment process for recruiting doctors and paramedical staff could be initiated.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 8^th, 2019.