JI joins PIMS protesters
December 24, 2020
Islamabad: Jamaat-e- Islami (JI) central naib ameer, Liaquat Baloch joined the protest of the employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to express solidarity with them.
The JI leader demanded of the federal government to accept the demands of the PIMS employees protesting under the umbrella of the Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) against the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance.
Liaquat Baloch said the government should destabilise an institution like PIMS and health professionals who were the backbone of the health delivery system.
JI Islamabad ameer, Nasraullah Randhawa was also present on the occasion. Another senior leader Mian Muhammad Aslam also addressed the protesters, a few days back.
National
December 23, 2020
Islamabad: The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will hold a sit-in outside the Parliament House on December 31 to win the support of parliamentarians for withdrawal of the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance.
The sit-in will be preceded today (Wednesday) by formation of a human chain by protesting employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), who will encircle the hospital premises to express their resolve to protect the pre-MTI status of PIMS.
A day later on Thursday, demonstrations will be held in Islamabad’s various sectors to take the city’s residents into confidence regarding the reality of the “flawed and obnoxious legislation.”
Islamabad
December 23, 2020
Islamabad : The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will hold a sit-in outside the Parliament House on December 31 to win the support of parliamentarians for withdrawal of the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance.
The sit-in will be preceded today (Wednesday) by formation of a human chain by protesting employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), who will encircle the hospital premises to express their resolve to protect the pre-MTI status of PIMS. A day later on Thursday, demonstrations will be held in Islamabad’s various sectors to take the city’s residents into confidence regarding the reality of the “flawed and obnoxious legislation.”
FGHA rejects appointment of old faces under MTI
Islamabad
December 22, 2020
Islamabad:The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) Monday rejected the appointment of the Executive Director of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr. Anwar Maxood as Medical Services’ Director and Hospital Director of PIMS under the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance, and threatened to march first towards Banigala and then D-Chowk, should the government persist with enforcement of the ‘flawed legislation.’
“What kind of reforms or change is the government contemplating if the hospital’s same old ED is to be bestowed with two key positions under MTI,” FGHA’s Chairman Dr. Asfandyar Khan questioned as PIMS employees continued their protest for withdrawal of the Ordinance on the 23rd day here on Monday. “We will resort to civil disobedience; we will put the orders of the so-called Hospital Director into the trash can,” he warned.
Medics caring for corona patients keen to join PIMS protest
Islamabad
December 20, 2020
Islamabad : Medics and staff performing duties in the COVID-19 ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) are pressurizing the Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) to allow them to close the said ward so that they too can participate in the struggle for withdrawal of the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance.
“We will not allow implementation of MTI even if we have to sacrifice our jobs,” FGHA’s Chairman Dr. Asfandyar Khan warned on the 20th day of the ongoing protest by PIMS employees here on Saturday.