KP minister accused of ignoring private practice of dean
July 18, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has accused Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Jhagra of ignoring private practice of the dean of Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi. The YDA claimed that Dr Shamsur Rahman was running his private clinic in sheer violation of the Medical Teaching Institution Reforms Act 2015.
Under the law, a dean or a medical director, once selected in any Medical Teaching Institution (MTI), was not allowed to run private clinics outside respective institutions. In MTI, certain key position holders, including dean, medical and hospital director are paid heavy stipends up to Rs600,000 in addition to getting a brand new car and other privileges.
Minister accused of ignoring private practice of dean
July 18, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has accused Khyber Pakhtun-khwa Health Minister Taimur Jhagra of ignoring private practice of the dean of Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi.
The YDA claimed that Dr Shamsur Rahman was running his private clinic in sheer violation of the Medical Teaching Institution Reforms Act 2015.
Under the law, a dean or a medical director, once selected in any Medical Teaching Institution (MTI), was not allowed to run private clinics outside respective institutions. In MTI, certain key position holders, including dean, medical and hospital director are paid heavy stipends up to Rs600,000 in addition to getting a brand new car and other privileges.
MARDAN: The district administration here on the second day of lockdown cracked down against the violators of the standard operating procedures set by the government to check the spread of the.
SWABI: The nurses of the Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansoor, on Monday staged a protest demonstration demanding accommodation in the newly-built hostel.
They argued that the hostel was built for them, but now the management of the Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi, had decided to accommodate the first year MBBS students there.
Deputy commissioner Shahid Mehmood met with the leaders of the protesting nurses to end the protest, but they refused and vowed to continue with the agitation till their demand was met.
On the other hand, Dr Fasseh-uz-Zaman, principal of the Ghaju Khan Medical College and chief executive of the hospital, said the new batch of the MBBS students would be accommodated in the hostel as per the requirement of the Pakistan Medical Council.