BVH faces shortage of paramedics, nurses.

BAHAWALPUR -- The Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) is facing a shortage of over 300 paramedical staff members, including 165 charge nurses.

Dawn has learnt that the BVH, a major health facility of south Punjab with a total bed strength of 1,799, has a shortage of 165 charge nurses. Of them, 18 sought admission to postgraduation while another seven managed their transfer to Jinnah postgraduate medical institute, Karachi, raising the number of vacant posts to 165 nurses. In the same way, the health facility is presently facing shortage of 145 paramedical staff members.

When contacted, BVH Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Aamir Bokhari says there is an urgent need to increase the human resources in such a big hospital of the province.

He says the Punjab government had allowed the new recruitment of nurses and paramedical staff but the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had imposed a ban on fresh appointments.

He says before the ban was imposed the nurses recruitment process was in progress and about 77 nurses had been selected. The process for the recruitment of paramedical staff is yet to be initiated.

He says as the health department and its employees are considered among the essential services, the recruitment of nurses and paramedical staff members may be exempted from ban.

He says in the absence of the shortage of nurses and other staff the health delivery system has been adversely affected and the proper treatment and look-after of the indoor patients round the clock has become a tedious task.

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