KARACHI:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Sidra Imran expressing serious concerns over spread of HIV/AIDS in the province has said that the Sindh Healthcare Commission has miserably failed to deliver.
In a statement issued here Sunday, Sidra Imran said infectious diseases are rising in Sindh, but the provincial health minister is least concerned about it and is busy in leisure visits and tours.
She said as per a report of Pakistan Health Research Council presently 3million people in Sindh province have been suffering from hepatitis-b and 5320 others from hepatitis-c.
The health department of Sindh has not only failed to provide them the treatment facilities but also it could not even register these patients, she said adding that despite spending Rs2.44billion on hepatitis program the net result is zero.
The PTI MPA said the Sindh Health Department even does not have modern equipment for screening of patients. She said the Sindh Healthcare Commission is a failure and it is working only on paper.
It has failed to improve conditions in both government and private hospitals of the province, while quacks are playing with lives and heath of people with impunity. She said the Sindh healthcare commission’s corrupt officials are getting bribes from these quacks.
Sidra Imran further stated the recent report of PHRC is an undeniable proof of failure of Sindh health department. She said in fact the health department of Sindh, itself, is seriously ill and needs urgent treatment and care.
The poor people of Sindh are denied healthcare facilities but the provincial health minister is busy in her tours to foreign countries, she added.
The PTI MPA demanded an inquiry against the Health Minister for the failure of Sindh Healthcare Commission. She said honest and able officials should be recruited and posted on merit in this commission to make it functional.
PTI MPA Riaz Haider said three months have already passed but the government of Sindh so far has failed to check the spread of AIDS/HIV in the province.
He said this disease is spreading in whole province, but the rulers are only concerned about Ghotki by-polls. He said after Tharparkar, poor patients are now dying daily at Ratodero.
Riaz Haider said Sindh is also braving a serious water shortage. He said deaths are reported in Khairpur Nathan Shah due to shortage of water. He said the government is taking action on complaints of PPP MPA Mir Nadir Magsi but not taking any action on complaints of the poor people.
The PTI MPA alleged that the funds meant for welfare of people are being spent on Ghotki by-polls. He said Sindh province is being ruled like a kingdom and the curses of the poor people of Sindh would doom the rulers of Sindh.(INP).
