The SHC’s Hyderabad circuit bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry on Thursday put Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah on notice over the issue. “It has surfaced that RHCs [rural health centres], BHUs [Basic Health Unit] and some Taluka Hospitals have been handed over to some NGOs,” the court observed. The court also noted discrepancies in the hierarchy of the health department, pointing out that all the medical superintendents of the government hospitals are answerable to the health secretary. The SHC also ordered the chief secretary and health secretary to implement its August 18, 2017, and September 11, 2017, orders with regard to the functioning of government hospitals. The bench ordered the chief secretary to submit a detailed report about the steps taken for implementation of September 14, 2017, notification and the August, 2017, order.

Source: The Express Tribune July 05, 2019 05:13 UTC