Karachi: The variations between the Chief Minister of Sindh and the Minister of Well being intensified over the problem of canceling the tender of Robotic Surgical procedure Machine.
The variations between the caretaker minister of the provincial well being division and the caretaker chief minister of Sindh got here to gentle when the caretaker chief minister of Sindh known as a rare assembly of the well being division by which division secretary Mansoor Rizvi, director common of well being Sindh, director of well being Karachi and different vital officers. Officers have been invited to the assembly however caretaker well being minister Dr. Saad Niaz boycotted the assembly.
Based on the sources, the previous authorities of Sindh of Individuals’s Celebration had awarded the contract to an authorized firm for the acquisition of 8 robotic surgical procedure machines for numerous hospitals in Sindh together with Karachi. Nevertheless, the caretaker well being minister canceled the tender for the acquisition of those machines in September and stopped the procurement course of.
Based on the well being minister, fee was allegedly revealed on a big scale within the machines being bought, on which an inquiry committee was arrange. Based on the sources, a robotic surgical procedure machine was additionally supplied as a present to the Caretaker Well being Minister as a bribe, which the Caretaker Well being Minister rejected, after which, to focus on the significance and usefulness of the robotic machine, some throughout the nation together with Karachi A vigorous marketing campaign was launched by the docs and tried to convey the impression that the robotic surgical procedure machine is essential for any operation.
Based on the sources, seminars and demonstrations have been additionally held in Karachi concerning the robotic surgical procedure machine in numerous hospitals with the collaboration of consultants and an vital persona of the province additionally visited the Sindh Institute of Urology whereas the Caretaker Well being Minister stated. That robotic surgical procedure may be very costly and we do not have technicians and biomedical engineers for it whereas the price of operation may be very excessive.
Caretaker Well being Minister Dr. Saad Niaz instructed Categorical that I boycotted the assembly 10 minutes earlier than it began. He stated that I had canceled the contract to order 4 extra robotic machines price greater than 4 billion, however the caretaker chief minister says that the acquisition of robotic machines is the choice of the earlier authorities, so the caretaker authorities is the earlier elected authorities. All choices are sure to be accepted.
He stated that not one of the hospitals within the metropolis, together with the Aga Khan Hospital, have a robotic machine as a result of a single surgical procedure on this machine prices 4 to five lakh rupees. Why ought to we order 4 machines price 4 billion rupees? With this cash, the situation of all hospitals in Sindh together with Karachi might be improved. The contract for the acquisition of the machine has been awarded to a most well-liked firm.
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