SC gives health apportion 4 months to gain 279 ventilators in Punjab

The peak court’s Lahore registry was conference a box per a miss of ventilators in supervision hospitals.

As a conference got underneath way, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar voiced annoy during a miss of comforts supposing in open hospitals. Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid told a probity that a outline to buy a ventilators is with a arch minister.

“How many summaries are with a arch minister?” a arch probity questioned. “You consider ventilators are a joke(?)”

“We should call a arch apportion here and get a summaries approved,” a tip decider remarked.

Dr Rashid serve told a probity that a prior government’s arch apportion did not pointer a summaries and a stream arch apportion can't pointer a outline due to Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority’s rules.

“Can hospitals run but ventilators?” a arch probity questioned. “Ventilators are taken from a bad and given to a rich.”

Justice Nisar celebrated that private hospitals were charging Rs23,000 for a bed in complete caring section and Rs5,000 for a ventilator. “It is a government’s shortcoming to yield giveaway ventilators to patients,” he said.

The provincial health apportion replied that she would privately demeanour into a matter and get a outline authorized by a arch apportion in 10 days’ time.

The probity afterwards destined Dr Rashid to gain 279 ventilators within 4 months.

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