Provision of oxygen in hospitals be ensured: Health Secretary

QUETTA: Nur-ul-Haq Baloch, Secretary Health Department has urged heads of all hospitals of the province that provision of oxygen in the hospitals be ensured round the clock and leave no stone unturned in providing healthcare facilities to the patients.

These views were expressed by him while presiding over a meeting held here on Sunday to review situation of oxygen in hospitals, oxygen plants, oxygen storage tank, ventilators, PP Kits and other related issues. Medical Superintendents of the hospitals briefed the chair about equipments and medicines used in the emergency.

The meeting was attended by Special Secretary, Health Department, Ghulam Farooq Marri, Additional Secretary, Health Department, Muhammad Naeem Khan Bazai, Medical Superintendent, Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta, Dr. Arbab Kamran Kasi, Medical Superintendent, Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, Dr. Kamalan Gichki, Medical Superintendent, Fatima Jinnah Hospital, Dr. Nurullah Musakhail, Medical Superintendent, Benazir Hospital, Dr. Nur Qazi, Executive Director, TB Program, Dr. Nasir Sheikh, Additional Director, MSD, Dr. Faheem Khan, Professor Shaireen Khan, Professor Hanif Mengal, Executive Director, BINUQ, Dr. Karim Zarkoon, Dr. Sirmud Khan, Dr. Naqeebullah Niazi, Dr. Zaheer Ahmed Kakar, MD, Trauma Centre, Dr. Fareed Ahmed Sumalani, DMS, Sandenman Provincial Hospital, Quetta Dr. Javed Akhtar, DMS, BMC, Quetta, Dr. Abdul Rasheed Jamali and other concerned authorities.