Medical Association (PMA) taking strong exception to fire out break at National Institute of Child
Health (NICH), causing loss of a precious life, has strongly recommended mandatory provision for
emergency drills at hospitals scattered across the country.Secretary General, PMA – Centre, Dr. SM.
Qaiser Sajjad here on Friday said NICH incident was not just a single instance of its sort, but is
registered at different facilities."It is therefore extremely important that hospital staff are well trained
to deal with such situations," he said adding that mock exercise must be performed after every three
months in each hospital of the hospitals.The PMA official further sought regular maintenance of the
electrical system emphasizing that obsolete or faulty functional in many of the old hospitals must also
be replaced."This ought to be necessarily complimented by regular maintenance of the medical
equipments and machinery for proper functioning," he said.Dr. Qaiser Sajjad said PMA strongly
believes that the administration of public and private hospitals should look into the matter seriously,
so that such incidents may not occur again..====
Rangers nab 8 robbers among 13 suspects
Sindh Rangers Sindh on Friday claimed to have nabbed 13 suspected criminals, including eight robbers
during raids in different parts of the metropolis.According to the, the paramilitary forces conducted
raids against criminals in different areas of the city, including Gaddap town, Gulshan Maymar, Madina
Colony and Lyari. Notably, during raids the rangers’ teams apprehended eight robbers, Amir, Salman,
Ahsanullah, Hazrat Gul, Kamran, Aziz, Rahim alias Faru, Abdul Samad, Kamran and Faraz. The law
enforcing authority had claimed to have recovered weapons, looted items and drugs from the
possession of the accused.
