LARKANA: All development schemes at Chandka Medical College Hospital are in crisis due to the non-availability of engineering wing at the largest teaching hospital of Upper Sindh.
It has been learnt that two sanctioned posts of civil engineer and electrical engineer are still vacant since long, which has complicated the situation.
No postings on the said positions have been made yet despite repeated letters by the hospital administration.
In this connection, CMCH Medical Superintendent Dr. Javed Ali Shaikh wrote a letter on Friday to Health Secretary informing him about this serious situation.
He stated that previously Executive Engineer, Provincial Building Division, Larkana, was supervising the civil works and also providing technical sanction of the new projects of ADP and M&R.
But he has refused to do so for one year due to which almost all development works came to a standstill including the establishment of Faryal Talpur Cardiac Surgery Complex, stated Dr Javed.
The center has facilities of coronary angiography, cardiac catheterized laboratory, cardiac bypass surgery, and chest surgery.
“The matter was taken up at various forums but still to be resolved”, the MS wrote, adding that due to the non-availability of engineering wing serious technical nature issues have emerged.
He stated that Director General (Design), Building Department, Government of Sindh, is not authenticating the estimate of the hospital and technical sanction of the estimates are not given by competent authorities which are must.
Dr. Javed requested to the Health Secretary to approach Communication & Works Department Secretary either to depute an executive engineer/assistant engineer at CMCH or to authorize XEN District Building Larkana and concerned Superintending Engineer to extend technical support and supervise
civil works.
Also, he added, direct DG (Design) & Chief Engineer Building to authenticate estimates and give technical sanction respectively to CMCH schemes in the larger interest of poor patients.
