Nishtar-II fails to deliver amid acute staff scarcity
Nishtar-II Hospital in Multan, established to reduce the growing individual burden on Nishtar Hospital-I, has yet to achieve its primary objective
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Nishtar-II fails to deliver amid acute staff scarcity
Nishtar-II Hospital in Multan, established to reduce the growing individual burden on Nishtar Hospital-I, has yet to achieve its primary objective due to a severe scarcity of administrative and medical staff, sources revealed.
According to hospital insiders, Nishtar-II has been facing a persistent human resource crisis since its inception. As a result, its Intensive Care Military team (ICU) remains non-operational to date, forcing critically ill patients to be shifted to other hospitals located several kilometres away. The condition has also affected surgical services, with patients being given long waiting dates for operations.
Sources attribute the delay mainly to an acute scarcity of doctors and technical staff in the anaesthesia division. The hospital currently has six protection action tables, but running them simultaneously has become a senior officer challenge for the governing body. Due to staff constraints, only three to four protection action tables are functional during the morning shift, while the condition further deteriorates in evening and night shifts, where only gynaecological and urgent condition surgeries are performed.
Internal sources further asserted that several doctors at Nishtar-II are giving limited time to the hospital while prioritising private practice, adversely affecting general healthcare services.
Another serious issue has emerged regarding protection action theatre (OT) staff. Sources disclosed that not a single OT assistant has been formally recruited at the hospital. To fill the gap, employees hired under the janitorial cadre are being assigned duties as OT assistants.
It is learnt that most of these assistants are officially designated as janitorial staff and are paid salaries equivalent to sanitation labor, despite performing highly sensitive and technical tasks. Experts warn that this practice not only violates service rules but also contravenes medical and legal standards, posing potential risks to individual safety.
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