The allied hospitals have asked private contractors to hold a trail survey to purge the hospitals from vermin.
According to sources, the district administration had also directed the allied hospitals to recruit sanitary workers on vacant positions.
After a new-born child was attacked by rodents, the allied hospitals began concentrated efforts to get rid of mice, cats, dogs, cockroach and lizards in the hospital premises.
Before handing over the contract, the administration launched a trail survey from private contractors. The hospitals’ administration and contractors discussed safety measures to purge the hospitals of vermin. Medical superintendents from Benazir Bhutto Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital and Holy Family Hospital visited different wards and checked their cleanliness.
