KARACHI:Score of patients seeking consultation had to return home with disappointment as doctors, paramedical staff and nurses continued boycott of OPDs and general wards on the fifth consecutive day on Friday in Sindh from Karachi to Kashmore.
The health professional of Sindh under banner of Grand Health Alliance (GHA) boycotted Outpatient departments (OPDs) and general wards throughout Sindh province to raising their demands including risk allowance, provision of PPEs and other facilities.
The healthcare workers held protests at Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, National Institute of Child Health, Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital, Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad, Sindh Government Hospital Qatar Hospital and others districts hospital’s the city
The doctors, nurses and paramedics of Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Jacobabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Kashmore, Dadu and Badin also held protests.
Central leader of Young Nurses Association Aijaz Ahmed Kaleri said doctors, nurses and paramedics of Sindh have been protesting for five days in Sindh but the authorities concerned have failed to respond to the genuine issues of healthcare workers. He informed that GHA will announce its future of line of action on 15th June 2020 if Sindh government failed to meet the genuine demands of health professionals.