Federal govt hands over three Karachi hospitals' control to Sindh

KARACHI: The federal government has handed over control of three major hospitals of Karachi back to the Sindh government for 25 years, ARY News reported.

The government in a notification, handed over the control of Jinnah Hospital, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), and the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi to the Sindh government.

The Sindh government and PTI-led federal government were at loggerheads over the control of three major hospitals of Karachi.

The governing board, constituted during the PTI government has also been dissolved.

Sindh government will look after the administrative and financial affairs of the three hospitals of Karachi. The control of hospitals was taken over by the federal government during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government.

Under the lease agreement, the land of the three hospitals in Karachi will remain in the name of the federal government, the Sindh government will be able to make appointments and recruitments in Jinnah Hospital, NICVD, and NICH.

In January 2019, the Supreme Court had rejected the Sindh government’s appeal and ordered the federal government to take control of the JPMC, the NICH as well as the NICVD in Karachi.