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KARACHI, July 20: The adviser to chief minister for environment and alternate resources, Noman Saigol, has urged all private and public sector hospitals to ensure provision for proper and safe disposal of waste.
During his surprise visits to the Civil Hospital and Children Hospital of North Karachi on Tuesday morning, the adviser took serious notice of the scenario at the children's hospital and advised the authorities to take cue from the Civil Hospital where an incinerator had been installed since long.
Highlighting the importance of the hospital induced pollution, he said that strict and across the board action would be taken against all private and public health care and medical institutions failing to take due care of the wide range of waste generated by them ultimately contributing towards environment degradation.
He assured that the environment department would extend all necessary guidance to relevant health care facilities. However, he reminded that no justification in non-compliance of the law would be accepted as this would be at the cost of general ambience as well as public health.
Commending the medical superintendent of Civil Hospital, Dr Ali Raza, the adviser particularly appreciated the fact that incinerator at the Civil Hospital was being used to incinerate hospital waste of other medical institutions.
He directed the administrators of both hospitals to ensure plantation within their premises. Meanwhile, the adviser expressed serious concern over the absence of staff at the Manghopir Rural Health Centre.
During a surprise visit to the health centre, he warned that if staff was found absent next time, necessary action would be taken against them. On a complaint about non-availability of medicines and medical facilities, Faisal Malik directed the hospital staff to ensure provision of medicines to people.
He assured people that he would again visit the centre and directed the concerned officers to improve the situation of the hospital. He also ordered the officials concerned to abolish the nurseries illegally developed there and added that the water be used for the welfare of patients.
SINDH GOVT HOSPITAL: Over Rs100.665 million have been earmarked for reconstruction of the building of the Sindh Government Hospital, Liaquatabad, where work has been initiated.
This was stated by Sindh Planning and Development Minister Syed Shoaib Bukhari on Tuesday at a ceremony held to hand over an X-Ray Plant of 850MA, along with 10 incubators, for the hospital's children intensive care unit, provided by MPA Farhena Ambreen from development fund 2003-2004.
The minister appreciated the contribution made by the MPA, and said all efforts were being made to facilitate poor people in the locality.
Sindh chief minister's advisor on Health Faisal Gabol, on the occasion, announced that the SGH would be awarded status of teaching hospital very soon, and surgeons and gynaecologists would also be asked to visit the facility at least once a week. MNA Kanwar Khalid Younus and MPA Farhena Ambreen also spoke on the occasion. -APP/PPI
