Minister Pays Surprise Visits To Hospitals During Holidays

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Minister pays surprise visits to hospitals during holidays

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2016 ) : Punjab Minister for Primary & Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir paid surprise visit to DHQ Hospital Layyah and went to emergency ward, CCU, medical ward and medical store.

He took notice of out-of-order cardiac monitor in the CCU and ordered for immediately replacing it. He said that vacant posts of specialist doctors in hospital would be filled on priority basis.

He also ordered for evolving a transparent system for local purchase of medicines for admitted patients. He said that the process of purchasing medicines locally should be made transpaent to avoid any pilferage.

He said that since the referral system between Nishter Hospital Multan and DHQ Hospital Layyah was in place, arrangements would be made to send the house job medical officers (MOs) and postgraduate (PG) doctors to DHQ Hospital, Layyah on rotation.

Meanwhile, Minister Primary & Secondary Health Kh Imran Nazir also visited Government General Hospital Samanabad, Faisalabad the other day and inspected gynea ward, emergency, general ward, pharmacy, peads and clinical laboratory.

Kh Imran Nazir expressed his displeasure with the hospital administration on non-availability of incubator in nursery and ordered for immediate arrangement for incubators for peads nursery. He was satisfied with the cleanliness conditions and asked for further improving it.

Moreover, the minister also visited THQ Hospital Jaranwala and Rural Health Centre 65-GB to check the availability of treatment facilities in the health centers.