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MULTAN: Taking extreme motion over grave negligence in unfold of AIDS on the Nishtar Hospital in Multan, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Saturday suspended the medical superintendent (MS), a head nurse and a number of docs.
She took this motion whereas visiting the hospital, after reviewing the state of affairs of the illness’s unfold amongst sufferers throughout dialysis.
Throughout the go to, Maryam was briefed concerning the alarming state of affairs. It was reported that as a result of negligence in following normal working procedures (SOPs), AIDS and hepatitis exams weren’t performed often, as required each three months.
Moreover, non-public laboratories had been used for AIDS exams in opposition to protocol, and regardless of confirming the presence of AIDS in some sufferers, the hospital employees, together with ward docs, tried to cowl up the incident.
Among the many suspended have been Dr Muhammad Kazim, Dr Ghulam Abbas, Dr Poonam Khalid, Dr Muhammad Qadeer, Dr Maliha Johar, Dr Muhammad Alamgir, and Head Nurse Naheed Parveen. Maryam additionally directed the Punjab well being secretary to submit a report on the incident.
It was revealed that disposable dialysis kits and dialysers had been reused on sufferers, which additional contributed to the unfold of the virus. The pinnacle of division and senior docs have been additionally criticised for failing to make common ward visits for prolonged intervals.
The Punjab chief govt expressed her dissatisfaction, saying that prison negligence had been concerned on this case. She emphasised that regardless of offering all sources for the well being sector, the outcomes have been removed from passable.
“It’s unacceptable that sufferers who come to authorities hospitals for therapy find yourself contracting AIDS as a substitute,” she mentioned.
The hospital has confirmed that 25 sufferers have contracted AIDS by means of dialysis, which had been contaminated by tools beforehand used on contaminated sufferers.
A couple of days earlier, an AIDS affected person had undergone dialysis on the hospital, and the identical dialysis machine was then used for different sufferers, ensuing within the transmission of the virus.
This case has raised critical issues concerning the security protocols at public well being services, and the suspension of medical employees displays the federal government’s dedication to making sure accountability within the healthcare system.