KARACHI: The Sindh health department has said that the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) has shown dramatic improvement under the provincial government.

Reacting to a story headlined “JPMC doctors face govt’s wrath for seeking judicial relief” published in Dawn on Monday, the health department claimed that the from bed capacity of 1,185 in 2011, the JPMC has attained the mark of 2,208 beds in 2025, treating around 2.2 million patients last year. The annual budget allocation has surged from Rs 1.337 billion in 2011 to Rs 11.449bn in 2024, it added.

It said that all appointments, including of the JPMC’s executive director, had been made in accordance with relevant rules and regulations.

It said that JPMC employees have been promoted to higher grades and “are contended with existing arrangement of federal government and government of Sindh”. Out of total 1,498 JPMC employees, it said, only 14 had filed a case in court for the “misperceived violation of their rights”.

Meanwhile, Jinnah Sindh Medical University claimed in a statement that the varsity was “committed to the betterment of JPMC as a premier institution for patient care and medical education”.

It has taken considerable steps to improve service delivery and academic standards by recruiting qualified faculty as per the mandate of the Sindh government. “JSMU reiterates its dedication to strengthening JPMC in line with its academic and healthcare responsibilities and urges all stakeholders to act in the best interest of patients, students, and the institution’s integrity.”

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2025