Chitral admin to seek cancellation of illegal hospital appointments.

CHITRAL -- The district administration has planned to approach the health department for the cancellation of the recent Class-IV appointments to the District Headquarters Hospital, Chitral, over the alleged violation of rules.

Former medical superintendent of the hospital Dr Akbar Shah is understood to have appointed three people to the ward orderly posts, five on the quota of retired employees, and adjusted three sweepers to the ward orderly posts.

An official of the deputy commissioner's office told Dawn that the administration took notice of the irregular appointments and sought a copy of the appointment orders from the hospital management but was told that the former hospital chief didn't leave any such document in the office records and had issued appointment letters individually.

He said the holding of interviews was required by the rules for those appointments, while a representative of the DC office, who was part of the DHQ hospital appointment committee, should be present in those interviews and sign the relevant documents.

The official said the DC's office would formally contact the health secretary's office for the cancellation of those illegal appointments today (Tuesday).

When contacted, local MPA Wazirzada declared those hospital appointments 'totally illegal'...