HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The Sindh chief secretary, K. B. Rind, has deplored the neglect of education and health sectors in the province.

He said at least 400 trained manpower was needed to manage health centres and hospitals in the interior of Sindh.

The chief secretary was talking to a gathering of doctors and elites of the city at the Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad branch, after inaugurating a diagnostic and research laboratory on Tuesday.

He said private research laboratories would also improve their performance as they would have to compete with the university’s laboratory to survive.

Rind said the focus of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, should be on the improvement of the social sector.

He expressed the hope the LUMHS — the only public sector medical university in the country — would come up to the standard of international universities.

He lauded the services of the vice-chancellor, faculty members and the doctors and paramedical staff for bringing about improvement in the higher medical education.