PIMS admin fails to ensure adequate staff for second shift
ISLAMABAD: The patients coming for treatment at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in the second shift continue to suffer at the hands of administration, which lacks sufficient manpower for their treatment post-afternoon.
A large number of patients can be seen in every section of the hospital, especially outside the x-ray and ultrasound rooms where only two out of four x-ray machines are operational in the evening due to the fewer number of operators.
Haji Mushtaq, aged 65, was also among those waiting for the staff to do his x-ray. He told The Spokesman that “I am waiting here for last two hours but there are many people still waiting who came before me. I am feeling pain in my chest but the staff is working at a painfully slow pace”.
An official working in the x-ray department explained the situation furiously. “At morning times, almost 20 people work in this section but at this time [evening], you can see only two men doing the same job.” He further said that they have requested the administration to provide staff according to the need but to no avail.
Another source told The Spokesman that the admin has allocated fewer staff in the evening shift as compared to the morning because of the misconception that the number of patients is fewer than in the morning. A lady who was waiting along with her daughter told The Spokesman that “The crowd here does not seem to be moving and I don’t know how the staff is treating the patients inside the x-ray room, as they are taking too long to treat just one patient”.
When contacted, PIMS Executive Director Professor Riaz Ahmed Warraich confirmed the shortage of staff in the city's biggest hospital. “We have an issue regarding manpower and we have also published advertisements in newspapers but due to the latest ban on recruitment imposed by the election commission, it was a futile effort. Now again we have requested the election commission to grant us a relaxation in this regard,” Professor Riaz said.
A large number of patients can be seen in every section of the hospital, especially outside the x-ray and ultrasound rooms where only two out of four x-ray machines are operational in the evening due to the fewer number of operators.
Haji Mushtaq, aged 65, was also among those waiting for the staff to do his x-ray. He told The Spokesman that “I am waiting here for last two hours but there are many people still waiting who came before me. I am feeling pain in my chest but the staff is working at a painfully slow pace”.
An official working in the x-ray department explained the situation furiously. “At morning times, almost 20 people work in this section but at this time [evening], you can see only two men doing the same job.” He further said that they have requested the administration to provide staff according to the need but to no avail.
Another source told The Spokesman that the admin has allocated fewer staff in the evening shift as compared to the morning because of the misconception that the number of patients is fewer than in the morning. A lady who was waiting along with her daughter told The Spokesman that “The crowd here does not seem to be moving and I don’t know how the staff is treating the patients inside the x-ray room, as they are taking too long to treat just one patient”.
When contacted, PIMS Executive Director Professor Riaz Ahmed Warraich confirmed the shortage of staff in the city's biggest hospital. “We have an issue regarding manpower and we have also published advertisements in newspapers but due to the latest ban on recruitment imposed by the election commission, it was a futile effort. Now again we have requested the election commission to grant us a relaxation in this regard,” Professor Riaz said.
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