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PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

ORDERS OF THE DAY

THURSDAY, THE 18^TH JANUARY, 2018

Business to be brought forward before the Legislature on Thursday, the 18^th January, 2018 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. 09 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Special Initiative, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that R.O. Plants have been installed across in the Mithi. How many of them are in workable conditions and details of the Budget allocated for their maintenance during the current Fiscal Year?

2.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 20 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. NAHEED BEGUM, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Youth Affairs, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that why the Sindh Youth Policy has not been approved yet; State with reasons?

3.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 22 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. WARYAM FAQIR, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that what steps have been taken by Government to meet the shortage of doctors and medicine at Taluka Hospital Sinjhoro and measures to upgrade the same?

4.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 23 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KAMRAN AKHTER, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Local Government, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that water sewerage problems are on rise in Karachi, especially in my Constituency Baldia Town, due to the inability and lack of interest of KW&SB Officers? What steps have been taken in this regard?

5.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 19 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MS. RANA ANSAR, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that what steps have been taken to control the Influenza that has been widespread in Karachi?

6.    CALL ATTENTION NOTICE NO. 21 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. FAISAL RAFIQ, MPA: Will the Honourable Minister for Health, Sindh may please to give answer/statement that doctors have been using low standard medicine and already used syringes because of lack of visits of inspection team in my Constituency PS-115 of Lines Area. What steps Government has been taking in this regard?

IV.     LEAVE APPLICATION OF MEMBERS, IF ANY.

V.       PRIVILEGE MOTION, IF ANY.

VI.     ADJOURNMENT MOTION NO. 05 OF 2018;GIVEN NOTICE OF BY MR. KHURRAM SHER ZAMAN, MPA REGARDING CHARGED VEHICLE PARKING THROUGHOUT KARACHI.

VII.     INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT BILLS:

1-    Bill No. 34 of 2017-The Sindh Development and Maintenance of Infrastructure Cess (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

2-    Bill No. 02 of 2018-The Sohail University Bill, 2017.

3-    Bill No. 03 of 2018-The University of Modern Sciences, Tando Muhammad Khan Bill, 2017.

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

KARACHI, THE                                                                     G.M.UMAR FAROOQ

17^TH JANUARY, 2018                                                                 SECRETARY

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

Summary of Proceedings

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

LIST OF STARRED ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR

THURSDAY THE 18^TH JANUARY, 2018

*4513. MS. HEER SOHO: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)      Whether any laboratory of dog and snake bite exist in the province;

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

 ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

    (a)      No laboratory of dog and snake bite exists in the province.

However, a laboratory under the title “establishment of Anti Snake Venom/ Anti Rabies Serology Laboratory in Sindh” is situated at bypass road Sakrand district Shaheed Benazirabad. The laboratory is producing quality anti-snake venom(ASV). The ever first WHO registered clinical trial of Sindh ASV has been conducted successfully during October 2015. Till to date 55 patients have been treated successfully DHQ Hospital, Mithi, THQ Hospital Islamkot and People’s University of Medical & Health Sciences (PUMHS), Nawabshah.

It is to mention that none of the patient required more than one vial for complete recovery which shows efficacy of vaccine.

The director of the institution has been retired on 31^st May 2017 and now laboratory is under the control of PUMHS. Nawabshah.

    (b)      As above.

*4777. MS. NUSRAT SEHER ABBASI: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

Name/number of Government Hospitals exist in Karachi along with number of staff working therein?

 ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

          The requisite information is given below:-

 *6634. MR. KAMRAN AKHTAR: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

Is it a fact that no anyone specialist doctor is available in only police Hospital in Karachi resulting patient are facing difficulties if so steps taken by the Department in this regard? 

ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

Yes, it is a fact that at present no any specialist doctor is available at Police Hospital, Karachi.

It is to mention that Police Hospital, Karachi is under administrative control of Police Department, however, doctors and paramedical staff are posted by Health Department to run the Hospital as a stop gap arrangement.

To make the hospital fully staffed, including creation of posts of specialist cadre doctors, a letter was sent by the then Medical Superintendent, to the Inspector General Police in November 2016 along with SNE for the year 2017-2018 for placing the same through Home Department.

 *6640. MR. KAMRAN AKHTAR: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

District/hospital-wise number of cases of dengue virus reported in the Province during 2016 alongwith number of cases in which patients could not survive?

 ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

In the year 2016 total 2418 cases of Dengue were reported in the province. out of these 03 expired. The District/Hospital-wise list is attached at Annexure, placed on the Table of the House.

 *6664. MR. KAMRAN AKHTAR: Will the Minister for Health be pleased to state:-

(a)   District-wise number of blood banks exist in the Province;

(b)   Is it also a fact that some illegal blood banks are working in the Province if so the detail thereof alongwith action taken against them? 

 ANSWER

DR. SIKANDAR ALI MANDHRO, Minister for Health:

    (a)      There are 159 Blood Banks in the Province. The district-wise list is at Annexure-I, placed on the Table of the House.

    (b)      The inspection, opening and closure of blood banks is a continuous process. The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) conducts periodical inspection visits of blood banks and closes/seals those banks who do not meet the standard/criteria as prescribed by SBTA. The list of such blood banks is at Annexure-II, placed on the Table of the House.

Karachi:-                                            G. M. Umar Farooq

the 17^th Jan., 2018                                     Secretary

                                                   Provincial Assembly of Sindh