Nishtar Hospital awaiting regular MS for last over one year.

MULTAN: Nishtar Hospital, South Punjab biggest health facility, has been running without a regular Medical Superintendent (MS) for over one year creating troubles for its smooth functioning.

An official source told APP on Friday that after transfer of Dr Shahid Bokhari in 2021, three medical superintendents had been looking after its affairs either on acting charge basis or with additional charge so far.

The source informed that the post of MS was of BPS-20 while two MS of grade-18 were given charge to run its day-to-day matters which resulted in several administrative and financial issues including shortage of medicines and reshuffling of doctors on various positions within the hospital.

"It seems that health authorities are least interested in appointing a regular MS," the source deplored.

Dr Amir Qayyum Khan serving in Nishtar Medical University (NMU) was made MS hardly for two weeks while former Director Accidents & Emergency (A&E) ward got the charge twice for...