PESHAWAR: Despite several deficiencies and numerous challenges ahead, the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) has marked one year anniversary of its Institution-based Private Practice (IBP) and shared its one year performance report.
The KTH administration started IBP last year on February 16. The hospital administration organised an event where Health Secretary Abid Majeed was the chief guest.
The secretary praised the hospital administration for launching the IBP services to the patients. He invited the faculty members and hospital administration to a meeting to discuss the IBP incentive/allowance as per MTI Act 2015 for consultants. He promised to forward the summary to the chief minister for approval.
Dean Khyber Medical College (KMC) Prof Dr Noor-ul-Iman, KTH Hospital Director Dr Nek Dad Afridi and Medical Director Prof Dr Rooh-ul-Muqim also spoke on the occasion.Prof Dr Rooh-ul-Muqim said they were set to establish a mother and child care department in the hospital.
The hospital administration said a total of 24,107 patients had been facilitated through IBP in the KTH and 3003 different surgeries were carried out to date. It said 2043 surgical procedures were done under Sehat Sahulat Card. The hospital generated Rs29,84,098 net profit from the IBP.
As per the KTH data, IBP pharmacy generated Rs25,80,650 as profit average daily sale Rs1,26,403, average daily profit Rs24,060, and Rs27,632 average daily discount is given to patients.
The hospital authorities said they had improved pathology services and reports were generated/verified through hi-end machines supervised by qualified staff.Despite all this, the hospital administration failed to provide clinics to all those opted for IBP. It also failed to ensure participation of consultants in IBP who opted but did not join. Similarly, diagnostic services have not been optimally utilized which is the main source of revenue generation.
The aim of IBP was that those who can afford, will pay for the services and the money so earned will be used to provide free services to those who cannot afford. “User charges are still levied on poor and rich alike. The hospital administration and the government failed to honour their commitments and promises. The IBP allowance is yet to be approved and given despite of the fact that the same is extended to IBP consultants in the LRH. Despite this discrimination, the IBP consultants in the KTH need special appreciation for participating in IBP,” said one of the consultants.
The KTH administration failed to provide clinics of IBP consultants with basic diagnostic instruments required for proper examination of patients.
Besides this, it couldn’t take action against those marking their attendance in IBP and then go to Dabgari for private practice.Some of the senior faculty members surrendered their lucrative private practices in the Dabgari Garden area and started IBP in KTH but they were neither paid incentives nor allowed to increase their consultation fee.
In the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) , the IBP doctors are given additional incentives from Rs350000 to Rs250000 and also charging Rs1500 as their consultation fee.
Unlike the LRH where all the newly appointed doctors and those promoted to senior positions are bound to attend IBP, in KTH the BoG failed to ensure attendance of the newly recruited and promoted doctors.
KTH was the first hospital where the majority of doctors had opted for IBP but the BoG and then the hospital administration failed in providing them accommodation.
