Humayun Khan
PESHAWAR: A divisional bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising of Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Waqar Ahmad ordered Secretary’s health to implement committee report prepared on court’s order within 15 days in case regarding delisting of 15 private hospitals from provision facilities on ‘Sehat Card’ while ordered to submit report, on Thursday.
Barrister Masood Kausar informed that petitioner hospitals were registered with State Life Insurance while started provision of facilities to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa population after government extension of ‘Sehat Card’ facility to private hospitals due to rush on public sector hospitals.
The private hospitals providing health facilities on ‘Sehat Card’ for several years while latterly the petitioner’s facilities were delisted while it is found that neither filling of complaint nor evidence produced against the hospitals but they were deprived on manipulated inquiries, the counsel argued.
The counsel argued that State Life Insurance has no jurisdiction to delist hospital from ‘Sehat Card’ but Health’s department is competent authority for the purpose and added that latterly a committee was constituted which had visited hospitals and submitted the report.
The report declare that the petitioner’s hospitals are more equipped than standard set for ‘Sehat Card’ for obtaining the facility but the private hospitals didn’t enlisted which has created financial problems, the counsel informed.
Earlier, PHC has constituted committee on similar petition while its recommendations do not implemented in its spirit. However, PHC ordered secretary’s health to implement the recommendation within 15 days and submit report while disposed off writ petition of the private hospitals.
