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ISLAMABAD: Members of All Federal Health Employees Association on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against the expected move of the authorities to rename the Quaid-e-Azam Medical College with the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), to declare Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences as an autonomous body and suspension of Syed Manzar Abbas, chairman of the association.
Hundreds of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff marched through the corridors and gathered at the administrative section of the hospital and protested for almost six hours, where they raised slogans against the authorities and opposed the expected decision of the government to make PIMS an autonomous body. They also demanded to resume services of Syed Manzar Abbas who was dismissed a week ago by the PIMS administration.
In the past too, all the employees had opposed the move of the Health Ministry which was ready to make hospitals autonomous but the decision was postponed, Abbas, in charge of the Computer Section of PIMS, told The Spokesman. This year again, they did the same in an unscheduled meeting on January 30, he said. An employee requesting anonymity said that the decision would be a totally political as this may be a step by the government just to adjust their own men in the hospital.
Showing his caution, Abbas said the expected decision would cause confusion like the employees (of the hospital) will not remain under the direct government control as the universities has their own set up, of which, they (employees) would not get facilities that a government employee deserves. Furthermore, appointments of the doctors will not be made under the Federal Public Service Commission by which, the vice chancellor will be authorise to appoint or remove the employees at his own wish, he said.
“If the government really needs a medical university, it should either make it at some other place or just simply upgrade the Quaid e Azam Medical College,” he said. Raja Ilyas, working as security in charge at the Polyclinic and member of joint action committee, told The Spokesman that all three federal hospitals of Islamabad would be under the authority of vice chancellor according to this move. “We will lose our status of employees under the federal government. We are also protesting against the move and in solidarity with Mr Manzar Abbas for his illogical suspension,” he said.
Manzar Abbas, an officer of Grade 19 was suspended a week ago by the authorities for calling on a meeting in the conference room without any approval. An official requesting not to mention his name said that it was necessary to get approval for conducting a meeting in the conference room on day before the meeting. About his suspension, Abbas said that they had to conduct a meeting under joint action committee and they also had approval (to conduct meeting) from the library in charge, the officer authorised to give permission for conferences in conference room.
When contacted, PIMS Executive Director Professor Riaz Ahmad Warraich told The Spokesman that it was clearly mentioned in the bill that the status of the hospital and employees would not be affected by declaration of autonomous body. “Mr Manzar was suspended not by him but CAAD.
He was found violating the rules for entering the auditorium by force and causing it damage, for being involved in unions which is not allowed by the management, and for giving priority to his other activities rather than taking interest in his official matters,” he said.
Hundreds of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff marched through the corridors and gathered at the administrative section of the hospital and protested for almost six hours, where they raised slogans against the authorities and opposed the expected decision of the government to make PIMS an autonomous body. They also demanded to resume services of Syed Manzar Abbas who was dismissed a week ago by the PIMS administration.
In the past too, all the employees had opposed the move of the Health Ministry which was ready to make hospitals autonomous but the decision was postponed, Abbas, in charge of the Computer Section of PIMS, told The Spokesman. This year again, they did the same in an unscheduled meeting on January 30, he said. An employee requesting anonymity said that the decision would be a totally political as this may be a step by the government just to adjust their own men in the hospital.
Showing his caution, Abbas said the expected decision would cause confusion like the employees (of the hospital) will not remain under the direct government control as the universities has their own set up, of which, they (employees) would not get facilities that a government employee deserves. Furthermore, appointments of the doctors will not be made under the Federal Public Service Commission by which, the vice chancellor will be authorise to appoint or remove the employees at his own wish, he said.
“If the government really needs a medical university, it should either make it at some other place or just simply upgrade the Quaid e Azam Medical College,” he said. Raja Ilyas, working as security in charge at the Polyclinic and member of joint action committee, told The Spokesman that all three federal hospitals of Islamabad would be under the authority of vice chancellor according to this move. “We will lose our status of employees under the federal government. We are also protesting against the move and in solidarity with Mr Manzar Abbas for his illogical suspension,” he said.
Manzar Abbas, an officer of Grade 19 was suspended a week ago by the authorities for calling on a meeting in the conference room without any approval. An official requesting not to mention his name said that it was necessary to get approval for conducting a meeting in the conference room on day before the meeting. About his suspension, Abbas said that they had to conduct a meeting under joint action committee and they also had approval (to conduct meeting) from the library in charge, the officer authorised to give permission for conferences in conference room.
When contacted, PIMS Executive Director Professor Riaz Ahmad Warraich told The Spokesman that it was clearly mentioned in the bill that the status of the hospital and employees would not be affected by declaration of autonomous body. “Mr Manzar was suspended not by him but CAAD.
He was found violating the rules for entering the auditorium by force and causing it damage, for being involved in unions which is not allowed by the management, and for giving priority to his other activities rather than taking interest in his official matters,” he said.
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