PHC suspends surgeries in 19 theatres of nine hospitals

LAHORE : The Punjab Healthcare Commission has directed nine hospitals to suspend surgeries in 19 operation theatres (OTs), and issued show-cause notices to 21 healthcare establishments of five districts for failing to implement the Minimum Service Delivery Standards and violating the PHC Act 2010.

According to a press release issued here on Sunday, administrations of the nine hospitals have been directed to suspend surgeries since the operation theatres were not fit for carrying out surgeries. Moreover, show-cause notices have been also served on nine hospitals for not taking requisite measures for the medical waste.

The operation theatres of hospitals of Gujranawal district where the surgeries have been suspended are: four of Gondal Medical Complex, two each of Medicare International Hospital and Siddique Sadiq Memorial Trust Hospital and one of Social Security Hospital. Other operation theatres where the surgeries have been suspended are: three of Al-Syed Hospital, two of Al-Ihsan Hospital and one of Rawalpindi DHQ Hospital and two each of the City Hospital and Niazi Hospital of Lahore. These hospitals have been also served notices, and directed to submit written replies to the PHC. The theatres would be made functional only after their respective administrations submitted laboratory reports to the PHC, ensuring implementation of the standardised measures in the theatres.

The Commission has also served show-cause notices on 21 hospitals. Six of them are in Faisalabad district — Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, National Hospital, Social Security Hospital, Government General Hospital, Independent University Hospital and Aziz Fatima Trust Hospital.

polls: The Friends Group on Sunday won the TECH Society elections for a three-year term, 2018-20.

According to unofficial results announced by the Election Committee, Mushtaq Ahmed was elected president with 154 votes, Dr Muhammad Sadiq vice-president with 160 votes, Rana Tariq Mahmood general secretary with 158 votes and Sheikh Saleem Ahsan finance secretary with 164 votes. Out of the 11 seats of the society’s management committee members, Friends Group won 10 seats. They members are M Zubair Sheikh, Dr Ahsan Nauman, Nadeem Fazil Ayaz, Fauzia Fareed, Mamoon Hafeez, Mian Muhammad Younus, Qamar uz Zaman, Khawaja Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Azeem and Asif Hayat.

Progressive Group could win only one seat of Arif Hamid Nagi as member of the managing committee. Rana Tariq Mahmood, general secretary-elect, said his team would make the society the best residential scheme of Lahore by improving the services and facilities for the residents.