Sargodha:Commissioner Hafiz Shaukat Ali chaired a meeting on Thursday to review arrangements
for establishment and operationalization of Maryam Nawaz Sharif Medical College Mianwali and activation of DHQ Hospital Mianwali as its attached teaching hospital.
Special Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education, Special Secretary Health and Population Department, Deputy Commissioner Mianwali/Project Director, Principal Medical College and Chief Executive Officer District Health Authority Mianwali attended the meeting.
The meeting reviewed administrative, academic and human resource matters relating to making the medical college fully operational.
Participants were informed that DHQ Hospital Mianwali had already been declared the attached teaching hospital, while the principal and project director had been appointed.
Approval had also been granted for a Schedule of New Expenditure (SNE) comprising 260 posts.
The meeting was further informed that recruitment of teaching staff had been completed and appointment orders issued, while recruitment of non-teaching staff was in progress. The provincial cabinet had also approved a special allowance for medical staff.
The deputy commissioner Mianwali highlighted certain human resource issues, upon which Commissioner Hafiz Shaukat Ali directed the concerned authorities to resolve them immediately and ensure timely provision of the required workforce.
The commissioner directed that all remaining matters concerning full operationalization of the medical college and teaching hospital be completed on a priority basis according to the stipulated timeline. He said unnecessary delay at any level would not be tolerated.