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Shifting of medical instruments from THQ hospital protested

By Our Correspondent
March 17, 2018

HANGU: The activists of the Sunni Council and elders of the area on Friday took out protest rally against the shifting of medical instruments and furniture from the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital to the newly constructed District Headquarters Hospital.

Led by Sunni Council chairman Maulana Abdul Sattar, Amir Rahim and Hassan Khan, the protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the shifting of medical instruments from the hospital. The protesters walked through various areas and gathered outside the Hangu Press Club. The protesters also observed sit-in outside the press club.

Speaking on the occasion, they said that no one would be allowed to shift medical instruments and furniture from the hospital to the newly constructed DHQ hospital. No compromise would be made on the shifting of the instrument from the hospital, they added.

They said that Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and the district administration had assured them that the no medical instruments or any other thing would be shifted from the hospital.