Staff Reporter
Peshawar
The Health Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday strongly denounced forceful closure of OPDs by the doctors and said the act was meant to further aggravate the sufferings of poor patients. The Media Cell of Health Department said the new reforms in health sector would bring the interests of opportunist and protesting elements to an end.
It said the protesting doctors were not performing duty nor they were allowing others to perform which is a matter of great regret for all of us. There is no sign of goodwill gesture from the protesting doctors in treatment of patients. The patience of government has reached its limits and it will not allow any further protests or intimidation by the doctors the cell said and added no element will be allowed to challenge the writ of the government. The government will take in time action against such tactics.
The Media Cell said the staff working at hospitals will be provided foolproof security and privileges adding the Health Department acclaim those doctors, paramedics, nurses and class-4 employees who are performing duties at hospitals. It said the health reforms were in fact being introduced for the benefit of poor patients and people associated with Health Department.
Meanwhile, media was urged to support government in addressing hardcore polio refusals and create community demand for the vaccination as the province is struggling with the rising polio cases. ‘Baseless propaganda against polio vaccine by vested elements have badly affected the programme and put the health of our children at stake’, said Coordinator, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abdul Basit.
He was addressing a media orientation workshop held here Thursday at EOC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Peshawar based health beat reporters. Also present on the occasion were Deputy Director EPI, Team Leads N Stops, WHO, UNICEF and BMGF. Expanding on his thoughts, Abdul Basit said polio is the biggest public health intervention programme of the government and media can play a key role in managing public perception about it with specific focus on addressing public misconceptions and highlighting significance of vaccination as savior of humans.
