Health team visits civil hospital, expresses satisfaction

Rafiullah Mandokhail

ZHOB: On the directives of Secretary Health Balochistan, a provincial health team visited the District Headquarters civil hospital and other health facilities here.

The team was headed by Provincial Manager TB Control Program Dr. Sultan Zehri, who was flanked by Dr. Ahmed Wali and provincial technical staff. Head of the district TB center and Medical Superintendent Dr. Akhter Mandokhail briefed the visiting team about the hospital’s performance and issues to improve the hospital’s healthcare delivery system.

Dr. Sultan Zehri said that the provision of best medical facilities was their responsibility and reminded the staff that any negligence would not be tolerated. The team inspected different sections of the hospital including operation theater, casualty, dialysis unit, malaria center, dental unit, OPDs, male and female wards to reviewing the medical facilities. The team expressed satisfaction over the management and lauded the performance of MS Dr. Akhter Mandokhail who left no stone unturned in services delivery.

The team also paid visit to EPI center, LHWs training center, Nutrition cell, BHU Sheikhan and PPHI office. DHO Dr. Muzaffar Shah, Dr. Zahid Mehmood and Senior Pharmacist Dr. Abdul Qayyum accompanied the visiting team that was briefed by the DSM PPHI Syed Aman Shah about the basic health units’ facilities being provided to the people in the periphery.

The team members also met Deputy Commissioner Sherani Muhammad Hayat Kakar. DHO Dr. Arif Shah accompanied them during a meeting with the deputy commissioner. It is worth mentioning that the DHQ civil hospital caters to over 0.5 million estimated population of Zhob, comprising dozens of villages, besides the patients belong to nearby districts Sherani, Killa Saifullah, Musakhail and Pak-Afghan borders areas.