KARACHI: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Sindh on Saturday opposed the federal government’s decision of taking back administrative control of three major hospitals of Sindh and announced to observe black day across Sindh province next week.
YDA Sindh chapter’s Chairman Dr Muhammad Umer Sultan, in a statement, said the federal government through a notification took administrative control of three major hospitals of Sindh — Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Child Health and National Institute of Cardiovascular (NICVD).
He said YDA Sindh was not in favour of this step and said that the decision would lead to a total collapse of these institutions.
He said Sindh government worked hard to establish those hospitals in the last 10 years and poor patients got best treatment facilities.
He said the budget of those hospitals had also been increased while many world-class facilities were being provided by the provincial government as well.
Dr Umer Sultan said both patients and professionals would be affected due to this federal government decision. He urged the poor patients and social crucial to support YDA in this regard.
He said YDA believed that the three major hospitals should be under the administrative control of the Sindh government.