Doctors working in Allied hospitals and the Rawalpindi Medical College have expressed grave concerns over the unlawful allotment and occupation of residences and hostels of the hospitals and college.
The allotment of the houses and rooms in the hostels are done without following rules and regulations and once a house or room is allotted to a person, if becomes impossible to be vacated from the occupant.
According to sources, the residence of the Medical Superintendent (MS) of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Rawalpindi was occupied by the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) MS, Captain (Retd) Dr Fiaz, where he was living with his family. While the BBH MS was trying to vacate the residence specified for him and had sent a notice to Dr Fiaz in this connection, as he did not have government residence.
Similarly, the residence specified for HFH MS had been allotted to the Rawalpindi District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital MS, Dr Shair Ali Khan Niazi where he resides with his family.
In the Doctors Colony of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), a house specified for a Grade-19 doctor has illegally been allotted to a junior officer, Javed Aslam Bhatti who works in the office of Rawalpindi Medical College and Allied Hospital’s, Principal, Dr Musadaq Khan.
The case of the ladies’ hostels at Benazir Bhutto Hospital was not different. Only female doctors can reside in these hostels according to the law. Some doctors, however, were living there with their families and did not pay the rent. Two lady doctors, Dr Warda Saleem and Dr Hauz-e-Kousar were living at the hostel with their families. The administration had taken notice of the allotment many times but was stopped from taking action.
It is also relevant to mention that Sui gas charges of the residents of the Doctors Colony of BB Hospital were fixed according to the departmental meter of the hospital, making the residents careless about the use of Sui gas. The Sui Northern Gas Company sent a bill of Rs 9 million this month due to the non-payment of fixed bills. The hospital administration directed residents to install separate gas meters and asked the gas company to give them more time for the payment of the bill.
