Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited District Headquarters Hospital Sahiwal on Friday without any protocol.
The chef minister enquired after the patients including children and youth in different wards who were injured due to collapse of a swing and issued necessary instructions for their treatment. He went to each patient and asked about his wellbeing.
The chief minister expressed his indignation to the medical superintendent of the hospital and duty doctors for not wearing the overall and said that it is identity of doctors. He also reviewed cleanliness arrangements in the hospital and directed the administration to improve the situation. He further directed that bed sheets should be clean and the patients informed the chief minister that medicines are available to them, however one patient complained that he had purchased medicine from the market. Shehbaz Sharif took notice of it and directed the hospital administration that free medicines should be provided to the patients at any cost.
Talking to the children who were injured in the incident and their attendants, Shehbaz Sharif said that those responsible will not escape punishment. He also distributed flowers among the injured children and youth and prayed for their recovery.
He took notice of the fact that there was no neurosurgeon in the hospital and directed that immediate steps should be taken for the posting of a neurosurgeon. The chief minister expressed his displeasure that air- conditioners were not functioning in some wards. He said that if air-conditioner in the MS room is functioning why these are not operating in the wards.
He said that he will not tolerate that while the patients face summer heat, the hospital administration sits in air- conditioned rooms. Later, the chief minister presided over a meeting in the hospital in which the inquiry committee headed by secretary local government presented initial report about the incident.
Shehbaz Sharif was informed that the swing was not installed with the permission of administration. The chief minister expressed his indignation and said that it showed negligence on the part of administration that the swing was operating without its permission.
He said that the administration should have come into action at the time when swing was being installed. He said that DCO and subordinate staff has shown negligence due to which this incident took place and a number of children were injured.
The chief minister directed MD NESPAK to visit the site with his expert engineers and present a report. Shehbaz Sharif also announced financial assistance of Rs.100000 for those who were injured in the incident.
The chief minister strongly reprimanded Sahiwal administration over the setting up of the swing on Eid without permission and described it as criminal negligence. Shehbaz Sharif ordered immediate posting of DCO Sahiwal as OSD as well as suspension of Medical Superintendent District Headquarters Hospital and DDO Human Resource. He said that those responsible for the incident will not escape punishment. The chief minister also ordered action against the owner of the swing and her front man and said that their names should also be given in the FIR. He said that this case will be taken to its logical end.
CM visits Children Hospital on Eid:
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited the Lahore Children Hospital.
He took round of various wards and distributed Eid gifts among the children. He inquired after the health of admitted children and prayed for their early recovery.
The children were happy to see the chief minister and shared some light moments with him.
Earlier, the hospital administration gave a detailed briefing to the chief minister about healthcare facilities being extended to the patients.
Speaking on the occasion, Shehbaz Sharif said the Lahore Children Hospital was one of the best hospitals in the country.
He said the country was facing various challenges which could be resolved through unity and collective efforts.
