This was revealed in a report submitted by field coordinators, deputed by the Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education for monitoring and evaluation of the performance of teaching hospitals and specialized healthcare institutions of Lahore, sources said.
Upon receipt of their reports, a meeting was held, here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Special Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Dr Sajid Mahmood Chauhan. Director Monitoring & Evaluation SH&ME Zaheer Abbas Malik, Deputy Secretary General Syed Husnain Shah, Consultant Dr Haq Nawaz Bharwana as well as field coordinators, attended the meeting.
The field coordinators presented separate reports regarding Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, General Hospital, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Punjab Institute of Mental Health, Services Hospital, Mayo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Children Hospital. Special Secretary Health Dr Sajid Mahmood Chauhan directed the officers to discharge their duties efficiently and improve the quality of evaluation and monitoring reports.
Chauhan said that main objective of the exercise is to improve the healthcare delivery system of the teaching hospitals and provide maximum treatment facilities of good quality to the patients. He directed Zaheer Abbas Malik to call a meeting of administrative doctors of the teaching hospitals/specialized institutions on Saturday evening, so that the gaps pointed out in the reports could be discussed with the administration of concerned hospitals and sought report regarding different steps taken for removing of gaps. He said that one week time has been given to the administration of these hospitals to improve the situation in their institutions.
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