SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah paid a surprise visit to the Civil Hospital Khairpur and suspended two officials on Sunday. During the visit, the chief minister visited various wards of the hospitals, including Emergency, Orthopedic and General.
On the occasion, the chief minister suspended Orthopedic Surgeon Professor Dr Syed Nazar Husain Shah and Additional MS Dr Aziz-ur-Rahman Soomro.
He tasked Sukkur Commissioner Muhammad Abbas Baloch to initiate an inquiry against the suspended officials and submit report to him. The chief minister went around the hospital wards and individually inquired from the patients about the level of medical care they were being given. Some of the patients had complained of shortage of medicines and other facilities.
The chief minister said the Sindh government had been focusing on health and in this regard enhanced the budget. He said no negligence by doctors and paramedics will be tolerated.
