Kamal instru­cts amendm­ent to financ­ially empowe­r medica­l superi­ntende­ntsQUETTA : Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has directed to amend rules to empower Medical Superintendents (MS) of provincial public sector hospitals financially, besides authorising them to spend their hospital’s income on improving their hospitals’ facilities. Chairing a meeting to review the performance of government hospitals, he directed the authorities to simplify the procedure of issuing grants to public sector hospitals and equip them with modern facilities. He directed public sector hospitals to use the grant in a better way to enable them to meet present-day requirements, saying that the government would strictly monitor the performance of hospitals and issue grant on the basis of performance, said a press release issued here. The chief minister directed the officials to improve the performance of health department to enable it to provide better treatment facilities to the public. He stressed devolving powers as concentration of power was the major cause of deterioration in performance of public sector hospitals.

Source: The Express Tribune February 28, 2019 03:56 UTC