PIMS asked to fill vacant positions

Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) administration to take immediate steps to fill the vacant posts of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff and make new MRI machines functional by November to provide better facilities to the patients.

He stated that there is no justification to stop the salaries of Emergency doctors and their pending salaries may be paid immediately. He also directed the Pims administration to increase the number of beds in emergency and install fans in all the wards.

He gave these directions on receiving a report from the Inspection team which visited PIMS Hospital, according to a press release.

Taking notice of specific complaints received against the hospital, Wafaqi Mohtasib sent an inspection team headed by Senior Advisor, Ahmad Farooq along with Registrar Saqib Khan and Consultant (Media) Khalid Sial, who submitted a preliminary report after visiting various departments of the Hospital.

When the team reached there, it found a rush of patients and a lack of facilities for patients. The inspection team was informed that 396 doctors are working in the hospital, whereas 415 posts of doctors and 283 posts of Nurses are lying vacant.