Health Dept to induct 2,200 doctors through SPSC.

KARACHI -- Services of 2,200 doctors would be hired through Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) so as to adAdress any shortage of personnel in different healthAcare facilities across the province.

This was decided here Monday in a meeting chaired by Sindh Health Minister, Dr Azra Pechuho along with Chief Secretary, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah.

It was further decided that Higher EduAcation Commission of Pakistan would be urgently approached for approval to increase the number of technical seats at provincial government owned medical colleges and universities.

The meeting also attended by Vice-ChanAcellor of Dow University of Health Sciences, Prof Dr Said Quraishi and concerned officials agreed that there was an urgency to enhance capacity building of doctors and paramedics in ventilator manageAment and also to increase the numbers of HDUs and ICUs in different government hospitals handling COAVID-19 cases. Dr Azra Pechuho mentioned that 452 rapid response teams comprising 1,382 doctors and paramedics were already in the field and that anothAer group of 400 doctors were offering tele-medicine services to the masses.

President, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, KaraAchi (MAJU)...