People assured of provision of medical services despite negotiations failure

People assured of provision of medical services despite negotiations failure

As the negotiations between YDA and the Punjab government have not been successful, the doctors of Pakistan Army as well as demonstrators from the Rawalpinidi Medical College (RMC) will b e attending to the patients in the Out Patient Department in the garrison
city from today.

The negotiations were going on because of a strike of the doctors and the demonstrators against the Punjab government. The total number of doctors of the Pakistan Army that were taking part in the strike were more than 15 while the number of demonstrators
in the Young Doctor’s strike were 27 in all.

“The doctors of army will perform duties at three allied hospitals till the end of young doctors’ strike. These medical officers have been recruited through Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and they had been posted at the allied hospitals in the city.
The allied hospitals kept the OPDs at the allied hospitals open on Sunday and the doctors remained present on duty,”  said the RMC Principal and Chief Executive of three allied hospitals Dr Musaddiq Khan while talking to Dawn.

Dr. Khan assured that a total of five doctors of the Pakistan army would be present at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital and Holy Family Hospital each in order to deal with any unexpected situation that may come to light because
of the ongoing strike. Having said that, Dr. Khan stated that the army doctors in the above mentioned hospitals would be present in uniform to perform their duties. Other than these doctors, a total of 51 women medical officers had been appointed by the provincial
government in the three mentioned hospitals to deal with any unforeseen situation in the days of the strike.

Other than that, the Director Health Rawalpindi division Dr Zafar Iqbal Gondal has also given his assurance that all measures have been taken in order to ensure a smooth flow of medical services to the citizens that come to these hospitals for treatment
in the days of the strike.

The strike has taken place because of the complaint of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) that the Punjab government had not been able to run the OPDs on Sunday.

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Jul 2 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry