CM visit to Sukkur Civil Hospital suspended entire medical staff including MS

Dr Abdul Waheed Mastoi
SUKKUR: Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (R) Maqbool Baqir made a surprise visit to Sukkur Civil Hospital and suspended the entire medical board including the MS and Director of Finance due to the worst situation in the hospital. The Chief Minister also ordered a five-year audit of the hospital. According to the details, caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (Rtd) Maqbool Baqer arrived on a sudden visit to Sukkur on Tuesday.
According to spokesperson of Sindh Chief Minister Abdul Rasheed Chana, the caretaker Chief Minister expressed his anger over the worst condition of the hospital. He also inspected the kitchen of the hospital. Seeing the dirty condition of the kitchen, Justice (R) Maqbool Baqir was furious. The management informed that the kitchen prepares food for 350 people daily.
The caretaker chief minister said that there is a food budget of more than 2 crore rupees, where does this budget go? The Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh has issued an inquiry order on kitchen budget, daily food preparation and other matters and said that the inquiry of this matter will be conducted by anti-corruption.
The Chief Minister directed to fix the MRI and City Scan machine within 15 days. The caretaker chief minister suspended the entire medical board including the influential director of finance Zaheer Bhatti, MS Civil Hospital Altaf Awan and issued an order to conduct a five-year audit by anti-corruption.
CM also presided over a meeting at commissioner office Sukkur where in the briefing also highlighted the impact of the 2022 floods, which affected 891,238 people in the Sukkur division, damaged 442,922 houses, destroyed 59,305.20 acres of agricultural land, and led to the loss of 120,820 cattle.
New development schemes have been planned for the Sukkur division in the financial year 2023-24, with an approved budget of 680 million rupees, of which 340 million has been allocated for 51 schemes in Sukkur. However, no funds have been released yet for these schemes. Development schemes for Khairpur are in preparation, with an allocation of 560 million rupees.
The Chief Minister was also informed about preparations for a project in Ghotki, for which 380 million rupees have been allocated. Ongoing development schemes for the financial year 2023-24 in Sukkur division are progressing, with a focus on the rehabilitation of roads and PHE schemes for drinking water.
A budget of 6271 million rupees will be spent on 388 road rehabilitation schemes in Sukkur, and work on PHE schemes for drinking water will be completed this year. Additionally, 193.493 million rupees have been allocated for 191 water supply schemes, 142.83 million rupees for 262 drainage schemes, and 83.328 million rupees for 199 water filtration plant schemes in Sukkur. The Divisional Commissioner Sukkur informed the Chief Minister that 799.479 million rupees have been earmarked for three schemes for Sukkur Barrage, and 499.478 million rupees have been released for this purpose. It was also mentioned that school buildings used as polling stations during general elections have been severely damaged, and an estimated 1,483.585 million rupees are needed for their repair. Contact has been made with the Secretary GA, S&GAD for the provision of funds.