KARACHI:Public Private Partnership (PPP) in its 29th policy board meeting has decided to operate two newly constructed hospitals, Jacobabad Institute of Medical Science (JIMS) and Matli taluka hospital on private partnership basis to provide efficient services round the clock.
The meeting was held under the chairman of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
The meeting was told that JIMS has been established with American assistance over an area of five acres.
It is a 133-beded health facility with total staff strength of 141’ of them only 14 are government employees. Presently only its few departments are functional.
The chief minister said that it was a state of art health facility and we should operate it as a tertiary health facility. The health department through PPP unit submitted that the hospital may be outsourced so that it could be operated efficiently.
The meeting also discussed 30-beded taluka hospital Matli established in 1975 and upgraded in 1978. It has a TB and dental Clinics and family planning unit and a well-equipped labour room where on average 100 to 125 deliveries are made every month. The hospital has a X-ray department, Ultra-sound machine and also ambulance service.
The health department through PPP unit requested the board to outsource the taluka hospital.
The board approved the request, however the chief minister directed health department to meet the medical and paramedical staff requirement of the hospital.