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.
July 14, 2021
PESHAWAR: Though the Sehat Sahulat programme, the flagship project of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a blessing for millions of patients, it desperately needs a review as it is being misused by the private hospitals.
The initiative was first launched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Sehat Insaf Card in September 2016 to provide free-of- charge health care to families living below the poverty line.
The government must thoroughly investigate which criteria was used in selection of private sector hospitals for the Sehat Sahulat programme as according to official sources, some of the hospitals on the panel are ill-equipped and below the standard of even a basic health unit (BHU).
PESHAWAR: The recent remarks by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad of the Supreme Court of Pakistan that there is only one certified cardiac doctor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not only bewildered many but.