In pursuance of Article 107 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Provincial Assembly of Sindh shall stand dissolved on the expiration of its term of five years on the 28th May, 2018.
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Sitting on 29th March 2017

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List of Business

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH MARCH, 2017

 

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Wednesday, the 29th March, 2017 at 10.00 a.m.

 

I.        (A)     RECITATION FROM THE HOLY QUR’AN.

(B)     NAAT SHAREEF.

 

II.      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

          (Health Department)

 

III.     CALL ATTENTION NOTICES:

1. CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 06 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY DR. ZAFAR AHMED KHAN KAMALI, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Irrigation, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that masses of Mirpurkhas City are deprived of drinking water in the name of strengthening work of Jumrho, what steps have been taken to end water shortage in Mirpurkhas; details please?

 

2. CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 01 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. JAMAL AHMED, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that the lot of illegal slum have been settled on a vacant plot near Darul Suroor in my Constituency at Shadman Town Sector 14/B; kindly vacate the same?

 

3. CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 05 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. GHAZALA SIAL, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that is there any fact that there is shortage of Cardaic Medicines in RHCs Ranipur, Sobho Dero and Hingorja?

 

4. CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 09 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD SALEEM RAJPUT, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Planning and Development, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that when ongoing work of sewerage and drainage at Shikarpur road in my Constituency PS-I, Sukkur at the area of Nawan Goth Bandhani Muhalla will be finalized/ completed; details?

 

5. CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 04 OF 2017;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. MUHAMMAD MOIN AMIR PIRZADA, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that when water shortage of Sector 33 and Sector 34 of Korangi will be ended?

 

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

 

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION, IF ANY.

 

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION, IF ANY.

 

VII.    MOTION FOR LEAVE TO WITHDRAW THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 09 OF 2017-THE SINDH COAL AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017, AS CONTEMPLATED UNDER RULE 115 OF RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH.

 

VIII.  INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT BILL NO. 13 OF 2017-THE SINDH COAL AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017.

 

IX.     CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT BILLS: 

1.  Bill No. 06 of 2017-The Sindh Revenue Board (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

2.  Bill No. 07 of 2017-The Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

3.  Bill No. 08 of 2017-The Sindh Development and Maintenance of Infrastructure Cess Bill, 2017.

4.  Bill No. 10 of 2017-The Sindh Shaheed Recognition and Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

 

X.       ANY OTHER BUSINESS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR.

 

 

KARACHI, THE                                                        G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

28TH MARCH, 2017                                                         SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

 

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

WEDNESDAY THE 29TH MARCH, 2017

 

*4229.MS. NAILA MUNIR: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

District-wise number of persons died of Hepatitis in the province during June 2013 to March 2014?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

During June 2013 to March 2014 total 103 patients died due to Hepatitis in the province. The detail is as under:-

S.No.

District

No. of Deaths due to

Hepatitis from June 2013

to March 2014

1.     

Umerkot

0

2.     

Shaheed Benazirabad

0

3.     

Sukkur

15

4.     

Tando Allahyar

0

5.     

Karachi

5

6.     

Dadu

0

7.     

Jamshoro

0

8.     

Tando Muhammad Khan

0

9.     

Nausheroferoze

0

10.  

Sanghar

37

11.  

Khairpur

0

12.  

Sujawal

1

13.  

Badin

3

14.  

Ghotki

4

15.  

Mirpurkhas

21

16.  

Thatta

3

17.  

Shikarpur

0

18.  

Hyderabad

1

19.  

Tharparkar

0

20.  

Larkana

0

21.  

Jacobabad

13

22.  

Matiari

0

23.  

Kashmore@Kandhkot

0

24.  

Kambar Shahdadkot@Kambar

0

 

 

*4503.MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

Number of centers for treatment of T.B patients running in the province alongwith number of staff posted therein?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

277 sites have been established in the province for detecting diagnosing and treating the patients of Tuberculosis.

S.No.

District

No. of T.B Clinics

1.     

Badin

13

2.     

Dadu

13

3.     

Ghotki

7

4.     

Hyderabad

12

5.     

Jacobabad

9

6.     

Jamshoro

12

7.     

Karachi

60

8.     

Kashmore

7

9.     

Khairpur

11

10.  

Larkana

9

11.  

Matiari

5

12.  

Mirpurkhas

11

13.  

Nausheroferoze

14

14.  

Benazirabad

10

15.  

Sanghar

11

16.  

Kambar Shahdadkot

7

17.  

Shikarpur

8

18.  

Sukkur

13

19.  

Tando Muhammad Khan

5

20.  

Tando Allah Yar

7

21.  

Tharparkar

8

22.  

Thatta

9

23.  

Sujawal

5

24.  

Umerkot

11

Doctors, paramedical staff and laboratory technicians are available and working at each of these centers.

 

 

*4586.MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that expired medicines and drugs are being sold openly in medical stores in Golarchi, 17 out of 50 medical stores are not registered;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, steps taken by the Government in this regard?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

(a)      No, it is not fact. Actually 24 medical stores exist in Golarchi Town and all these are registered. The frequent visits are being carried out at the medical stores by the Provincial Inspectors of Drugs, Badin and no expired drugs recovered.

(b)      Not applicable.

 

 

*4617.MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that investigation is going on against misappropriation of funds of Hepatitis Control Program;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof including names of involved persons?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

(a)      National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Anticorruption Establishment, Sindh are conducting investigations into alleged misappropriation of funds by officers/officials who worked in Hepatitis Prevention & Control Program, Sindh during period between 2010 and 2014.

(b)      An FIR was launched against Mr. Imran Abro, ex-store incharge and others and prosecution is underway. So far no inquiry/investigation has been finalized.

 

 

*4735.MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that Government intends to establish a 500 bed new hospital at Jamshoro;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof including the cost of the same and facilities to be provided therein?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

(a)      Provincial Health sector ADP 2016-17 contains no such proposal.

(b)      Not Applicable.

 

 

*4752. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that Sindh Government has regularized 25576 Lady Health Workers;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the details thereof?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

(a)      Services of 22,576 Lady Health Workers (LHWs) were regularized along with other employees of National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care Sindh.

(b)      In pursuance of the orders of Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan issued in various petitions, the Health Department regularized the services of following staff with effect from 1st July 2012.

i.     770 Lady Health Supervisor (LHSs) in BPS-07.

ii.   34 Accounts Supervisor in BPS-07.

iii.  22,576 Lady Health Worker in BPS-05.

iv.  688 Drivers in BPS-04.

v.    69 Provincial level employees were regularized at Provincial level.

 

 

*5819.MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Is it a fact that District Health Officers in Karachi have no DDO powers for last few months;

(b)      If answer to (a) above is affirmative, the reasons thereof?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

(a)      The District Health Officers of Karachi division were given Drawing & Disbursing Officers (DDO) powers as given in the matrix:

S.No.

District

DDO Powers

notified on

1.     

East Karachi

21-04-2016

2.     

West Karachi

21-04-2016

3.     

South Karachi

21-04-2016

4.     

Korangi Karachi

21-04-2016

5.     

Central Karachi

23-05-2016

6.     

Malir Karachi

21-11-2016

 

(b)      Not applicable.

 

 

*5826. MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

What is the strategy to combat the high rate of tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C in the province?

 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

          Strategy to combat Hepatitis

Under Hepatitis Prevention and Control Program (CM’s Initiative), Sindh, 62 Hepatitis sentinel sites and 17 screening and vaccination centers have been established Teaching Hospitals, District Head Quarter Hospitals/Taluka Head Quarter Hospital and Rural Health Centers in the province where patients are screened, vaccinated, diagnosed and treated for Hepatitis.

          Strategy to combat Tuberculosis

i.     277 sites have been established in the province for detecting, diagnosing and treating patients of Tuberculosis. A list is given here as under.

 

S.No.

District

No. of T.B Clinics

1.     

Badin

13

2.     

Dadu

13

3.     

Ghotki

7

4.     

Hyderabad

12

5.     

Jacobabad

9

6.     

Jamshoro

12

7.     

Karachi

60

8.     

Kashmore

7

9.     

Khairpur

11

10.  

Larkana

9

11.  

Matiari

5

12.  

Mirpurkhas

11

13.  

Nausheroferoze

14

14.  

Benazirabad

10

15.  

Sanghar

11

16.  

Kambar Shahdadkot

7

17.  

Shikarpur

8

18.  

Sukkur

13

19.  

Tando Muhammad Khan

5

20.  

Tando Allah Yar

7

21.  

Tharparkar

8

22.  

Thatta

9

23.  

Sujawal

5

24.  

Umerkot

11

ii.   36 sites have been established in the province for diagnosing childhood tuberculosis management.

iii.  07 sites have been established in various districts of Sindh for diagnosing T.B, HIV co-infection.

iv.  08 sites have been established for Multi Drug Resistant T.B (MDR-TB) patients in various districts of Sindh.

v.    Public-Private Mix (PPM) component has been established in 19 districts of province.

vi.  Around 800 General Practitioner doctors and paramedics from 19 PPM district were trained who are working with TB Program in Sindh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karachi:-                                         G. M. Umar Farooq

the 28th March, 2017                                 Secretary

                                                   Provincial Assembly of Sindh.