KHYBER: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa anti-corruption department has served a notice on the medical superintendent District Headquarter Hospital Landi Kotal over his failure to submit record of monetary spending by the hospital despite repeated reminders during the last few weeks.

A team of the anti-corruption department visited the hospital for the second time the other day and found the medical superintendent, Dr Jamshed Sherani, absent while his subordinate staff refused to hand over the record on the pretext that they were not authorised to do so.

The anti-corruption department has initiated an enquiry against the medical superintendent for his alleged involvement in funds embezzlement and misuse of his official authority.

A team of the special investigation wing of the department met local doctors and paramedical staff and gathered the relevant information from them and also thoroughly checked the Sehat Sahulat Card scheme, laboratory, medicine store, X-ray department and other record.

Officials said they had received complaints from hospital staff and the general public about the alleged involvement of the MS in misappropriation of official funds and corruption in the Sehat Sahulat Card scheme.

Meanwhile, Dr Jamshed Sherani said in a statement that he could not hand over any record of the hospital till he was furnished a copy of the complaints against him.

He said he had already constituted a committee to probe and investigate any wrongdoing and would abide by the decision of the said body.

Published in Dawn, March 31st, 2023