Two hospitals inspected

LAHORE

Deputy Commissioner Sumair Ahmed Syed visited Mian Munshi Hospital to check the constructional work of new blocks, stock of medicines and other arrangements. The officials of the health authority were present on this occasion.

Medical Superintendent, Mian Munshi Hospital, and building department officer briefed the deputy commissioner about the construction work.

He met with patients admitted to hospital and enquired from them about facilities being provided to them by the hospital administration.

He showed his displeasure over poor arrangement of cleanliness and directed to change the bed corners on daily basis. He enquired from patients about availability of doctors.

Moreover, on the direction of the deputy commissioner, Assistant Commissioner Cantt Sara Hayat visited Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Mian Mir on Wednesday afternoon. On her surprise visit, she checked the under-construction blocks of the hospital and reviewed the material being used in the hospital. She directed SDO building to complete the work in time.

On checking the attendance of doctor’s, she found child specialist absent from duty and showed his displeasure.

On this, she directed MS hospital to issue a show cause to the absent doctor and report back to Assistant Commissioner Office. On the other hand, Deputy Commissioner appreciated the action of AC Cantt and ordered her to keep on working on the same pattern.

LGH: Post Graduate Medical Institute and Ameer ud Din Medical College Principal Prof Dr Ghiyas-un-Nabi Tayyab has said that research doctors must learn scientific writing to get their research papers published in international journals.

He said that doctors doing research in various medical fields should try their best to aware the world about their work as their work would bridge the distances between Pakistani experts and the rest of the world.

Principal PGMI expressed these views while addressing a research workshop on "Scientific Writing in Medical Journals" held here in Lahore General Hospital for Post Graduate students, according to a press release issued here on Wednesday.

The workshop was organised by in-chrage Gynea Department Unit-2 Prof Farhat Naz and her team.

The event was attended by Head of Community Medicine department, King Edward Medical University Dr Saira Afzal and young doctors of various hospitals in a large number.

Addressing the participants, Dr Tayyab said that our medical institutions and organisations get their recognition and good rating by publication of their research papers in international journals. Moreover, young doctors find better opportunities towards their career and research work so as to well plan their future.

He stressed upon the writers of the research papers to pay special attention to the language and style of research papers in order to match the international standards of publication of research work.

The principal also lauded the effort of organisers of the workshop and said that it would go a long way to shine the talent of young doctors.

demo: The paramedical staff of Lahore General Hospital held a protest demonstration against the privatisation of public hospitals in the province.

The paramedical staff boycotted their duties in outdoor and indoor wards of Lahore General Hospital (LGH) which hampered the health delivery services to the patients.

The patients, including those from suburban areas and other districts, were extremely upset by the situation particularly in indoor ward. The doctors and nurses, however, managed to provide treatment services to the patients in outdoor ward of the hospital.

The emergency services, however, remain unaffected as paramedics continued to discharge duties there.

They demanded of the government to ensure provision of facilities in the public hospitals instead of outsourcing health facilities to private parties.

They vowed to continue and expand the scope of their protest till the withdrawal of the government decision to privatise government hospitals in the province.