{"id":19079,"date":"2023-10-29T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/army-officers-to-take-charge-of-pims-polyclinic-hospitals-in-islamabad\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:00:09","slug":"army-officers-to-take-charge-of-pims-polyclinic-hospitals-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/army-officers-to-take-charge-of-pims-polyclinic-hospitals-in-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Army officers to take charge of Pims, Polyclinic hospitals in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022 Senior Pims official terms move \u2018unfortunate\u2019, says it will force doctors to quit
\u2022 Ministry official says decision will address administrative issues faced by hospitals<\/p>\n

ISLAMABAD: Amid reservations expressed by doctors who termed the move \u2018unfortunate\u2019, the caretaker government has decided to appoint serving officers of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps as the heads of the two largest state-run hospitals in Islamabad \u2013 the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Polyclinic \u2013 on deputation for three years.<\/p>\n

However, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) Sajid Shah said the decision was taken in the \u201cbest interest of the patients and health sector\u201d, which would \u201cstreamline and address all the issues of the hospitals\u201d.<\/p>\n

A letter from the health ministry sent to the defence ministry said that the posts of the executive director in Pims and Polyclinic were vacant due to the non-availability of eligible officers from the feeding cadre for promotion to the ED. It stated that because of the \u201cimportance it cannot be left out to function without qualified heads of the institutions\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to ensure effective health care service delivery for the public at large in ICT, it has been desired to fill the posts on secondment basis from Pakistan Army Medical Corps as an interim arrangement,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\u201c…It is, therefore, requested to convey the availability \/ spareability of qualified and capable hospital managers of equivalent grade i.e. BS-21 from Pakistan Army Medical Corps for posting as ED Pims and FGPC (BS-21) on deputation basis for a period of three years and until further orders under standard terms and conditions,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

A senior officer of the health ministry, on the condition of anonymity, said that the appointment of serving army officers would address most of the issues of the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately almost 80pc of the senior doctors do not come to the hospital on time and the same is the situation regarding the junior doctors and paramedics. We receive tens of complaints, on a daily basis, about the attitude and absence of the staff of both hospitals,\u201d the official said, adding that \u201conly an army officer will be able to enforce discipline and best possible treatment\u201d at these hospitals.<\/p>\n

He alleged that doctors at both hospitals were running \u201clabs, MRI and other radiological test machines and force patients to get them tested from outside the hospital at testing facilities owned by them\u201d.<\/p>\n

A Pims senior doctor, however, expressed frustration with the decision and termed it \u201cunfortunate\u201d. He claimed that army officers were being appointed in most institutions across the country under the pretext of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to comment about how the institutions, headed by the officers of armed forces, are being run. [I] just want to say that there are competent people in the health sector who can be appointed as EDs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is no competent person in [these] hospitals, the ministry could have hired a civilian. Unfortunately, the officers of armed forces only focus on time-in and time-out and do not care about the quality of work,\u201d he said. \u201cThey don\u2019t analyse how many operations a doctor does every day,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are already facing a shortage of human resources and I fear that many doctors will quit\u2026as they are highly qualified and have options to work within the country and outside the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Sajid Shah, on the other hand, said that caretaker minister Nadeem Jan was a \u201ctrue health professional and he wanted to bring reforms to the health sector\u201d. \u201cI believe that it is the best possible option to fill the seats of heads in both hospitals. It will address most of the complaints and issues we receive daily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 Senior Pims official terms move \u2018unfortunate\u2019, says it will force doctors to quit\u2022 Ministry official says decision will address administrative issues faced by hospitals ISLAMABAD: Amid reservations expressed by doctors who termed the move \u2018unfortunate\u2019, the caretaker government has decided to appoint serving officers of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps as the heads of 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