500 lives on the line as govt takes its time to resolve crisis at PIMS
National
January 11, 2021
Islamabad: The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will withdraw indoor clinical services at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) with effect from today (Monday). Over 500 patients currently admitted at the hospital will now face the brunt of the government’s leisurely pace to devise a formula that will make the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance acceptable to the medical fraternity.
It has been six weeks now since employees of PIMS have been protesting against the implementation of MTI, and despite assurances that the government will work to scrap some of the conditions that make the legislation controversial, no major breakthrough has been achieved thus far.
500 lives at risk as govt takes time to resolve crisis at PIMS
National
January 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will withdraw indoor clinical services at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) with effect from today (Monday). Over 500 patients currently admitted at the hospital will now face the brunt of the government’s leisurely pace to devise a formula that will make the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance acceptable to the medical fraternity.
It has been six weeks now since employees of PIMS have been protesting against the implementation of MTI, and despite assurances that the government will work to scrap some of the conditions that make the legislation controversial, no major breakthrough has been achieved thus far.
January 10, 2021
The brutal, unprovoked killing of Osama Satti by the Anti-Terrorist Squad highlights the impunity that enables abuse of power. Extra-judicial killings are illegal, and a serious breach of constitutional rights of the citizen
The ruthless killing of a boy, Osama Satti, by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the police on a main highway in the capital city of Islamabad is the latest incident pointing to abuse of authority by this prominent law enforcement agency amid weak accountability.
Satti, a student in early 20s, according to family, went to drop a friend late Friday night (January 2) and was shot dead by ATS personnel. A patrolling squad of the ATS tried to stop his car, allegedly with tinted windows, not allowed in the city but that exist by default in many Japanese cars, at G-10 signal on Kashmir Highway but he did not stop. After the incident, the police spokesperson stated that the patrolling squad had tried to stop his vehicle considering it suspicious for
WHO hands over medical equipment to PIMS
National
January 9, 2021
Islamabad: World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Pakistan, Dr Palitha Mahipala on Friday handed over medical equipment and Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) supplies worth Rs4.48 million to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
The supplies provided for the IPC and ICU Units will strengthen Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and case management at PIMS hospital Islamabad. The donation included ECG machines, pulse oximeters, laryngoscope, leads, IBP cables and transducers for ventilators for the ICU, KF94 face masks, desktop computer, printer, laptop and office furniture for the IPC unit.
Addressing the ceremony, Dr Mahipala highlighted the importance of IPC measures for combating healthcare-associated infections and ensuring the quality and safety of health services delivery. He said that COVID-19 response provides an opportunity to build sustainable systems for IPC in the country.