President Dr Arif Alvi pays surprise visit to NICH
- By Web Desk -
- Jan 20, 2020
KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday paid surprise visit to National Institute of Child Health (NICH) to inspect facilities being provided to the patients, ARY News reported.
He visited different wards of the hospital and inquired about the health of the under treatment patients.
Speaking to newsmen, the president said four to five kids are being treated at single bed of the hospital. The motive of surprise visit to NICH was to get information about the actual position of service delivery.
President Dr Arif Alvi underlined the need of establishment of more NICH units across the Sindh province.
Replying to a question, he said the federal government, in the light of the Supreme Court orders, taking back the control of three hospitals from Sindh government including, NICH, NICVD and Jinnah Hospital.
Read more: Federal govt to take back control of three Karachi hospitals
Government taking steps not to affect the patients while transition period, the president said and added that NICH Karachi, needs 500 more beds.
He said though the fire was extinguished within 5 minutes at the hospital, but a precious life was lost at NICH’s incubator, which is regretful.
Responding to another query of a journalist, President Dr Arif Alvi said the claims to control over increasing inflation were made before seeing the actual position of the national kitty, steps are being taken to control over the situation, he added.