2,200 doctors to be recruited through SPSC.

KARACHI -- Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah and Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho co-chaired a high level meeting of Sindh Health Department here on Monday.

The meeting was attended by the Secretary Finance Syed Hassan Naqvi, Secretary Health Kazim Jatoi and Vice Chancellor Dow University of Health and Science Prof Dr Muhammad Saeed Qureshi and others officers have attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed various issues of health department including release of salaries of newly appointed medical officers, staff nurses, lab technologist and lab technicians, release of funds in favor of Child Life Foundation, release of funds for Trauma Centre, release of Funds of Medical Universities, recruitment of new doctors and expansion of HDUs and ICUs of the province.

The Chief Secretary Sindh while speaking during the meeting said that the Sindh Government has given priority to the health sector in the 2020-21 budget. He directed the Secretary Finance to release withheld funds to the medical universities of Sindh and the Thalassemia centers. The meeting also decided to release salaries to medical officers, staff nurses, lab technologist and lab technicians who were appointed for 89 days in wake of the Covid19.

The Chief Secretary also directed the secretary health to move a summary to Sindh Public Service Commission for the recruitment of more 2,200 doctors. The Chief Secretary Sindh...