- Around 47 posts of consultants lying vacant in Children’s Hospital
As many as 47 posts of consultant doctors are vacant in Children’s Hospital for the last several months despite the fact that these posts were advertised in national dailies.
Hospital sources said that the hospital was missing three associate professors, 11 assistant professors and 33 senior registrars.
Punjab Health Department has advertised for these posts at least thrice but failed to get positive response from the doctors.
Young Doctors Association’s Dr Salman Kazmi and other officials of Pakistan Medical Association said that medical officers were not ready to opt for the heavy workload on meagre salaries in BPS-17 and 18. They said that Punjab Health Department officials, despite over two dozens meetings with PMA, YDA and Medical Teachers Association (MTA), failed to develop consensus on service structure of doctors. Though hefty amounts were being spent on procuring medical equipment but in the absence of doctors and experts the common man would not get the benefit, they added.
