KARACHI: The doctors and paramedical staff of Karachi’s Sindh Government Children H
ospital stag
ed a protest and boycotted the OPD against a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for delays in increase in their salaries.
The score of patients visiting the Outpatient De
partment (OPD) of the H
ospital were denied healthcare services on Saturday, as the doctors and staff boycotted their duties, demanding increase of their salaries. The OPD services of Sindh children h
ospital remained suspended for hours.
The h
ospital sources told PPI that the boycott call was given by the doctors and paramedical staff against a non-governmental organisation for delaying the increase in their salaries. However, the emergency de
partment of h
ospital remained functional during doctors’ protest.
The boycott of doctors caused gre
at inconvenience to
the visiting patients, especially those who came from the far-off areas. They returned home without their check-ups and diagnostic tests.Medical Superintendent, Sindh Government Children H
ospital, Dr Asif Zaman was not available for comment.
