Committee for inspection of private hospitals

KARACHI:Sindh Health Department has constituted a committee for inspection and monitoring of all the activities of Core Group of Private Hospitals.

The comprised on Dr Aijaz Ahmed Khanzada, Chief Technical Advisor for Secretary Health (Chairman), Director, Clinical Governance, Sindh Healthcare Commission (member), Director (complaints), Sindh Healthcare Commission and Riaz Ahmed Jakhrani, Deputy Secretary (Admn-II), Health Department (member).

Terms of References of committee say that the committee will visit Core Group of Private Hospitals before initiating of memorandum of understanding between health department and Core Group of Private Hospitals.

The committee will submit report to oversight committee regarding observation of prevailing health delivery standards of private hospitals. The committee will visit the private hospitals, on weekly basis, to monitor the treatment of admitted patients of COVID-19 referred by Referral Committee.