PESHAWAR: All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union has called for the immediate appointment of doctors and medical officers and provision of essential medical equipment at Wapda House Hospital, Pesco, Peshawar.
In a joint statement here on Sunday, the union chairman Haji Muhammad Iqbal, provincial secretary Noorul Amin Haiderzai, vice-chairman Yasir Kamran, deputy chairman Shafiullah, information secretary Gohar Ali Gohar and joint secretary Tariq Khan urged the director general of medical services and the chief executive of Pesco to take immediate steps to address the shortage of doctors and improve healthcare facilities at the hospital.
They demanded the appointment of medical specialists, gynaecologists, ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists, eye specialists and a female radiologist against vacant posts to ensure timely and better medical care for patients.
The union leaders also called for the provision of essential equipment for the laboratory, cardiology and dental units. They specifically sought centrifuge machines for the laboratory, monitors and electrocardiogram (ECG) machines for the cardiology unit and dental X-ray machines and dental chairs for the dental unit.
Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2026
