LAHORE: The Punjab Department of Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education has appointed around 2,000 Grade-16 charge nurses in teaching hospitals across the province on a fully merit-based system.
Officials said appointment letters were issued after the Punjab Public Service Commission completed the selection process, and all selected nurses have been directed to join their duties immediately.
The nurses have been posted in 35 teaching hospitals, including Mayo Hospital, Services Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, General Hospital and Ganga Ram Hospital in Lahore, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan and Children’s Hospital Multan.
The appointments aim to reduce staff shortages and improve patient care in public sector hospitals.
Meanwhile, Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said that improving the health sector is the top priority of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and providing quality healthcare at the doorstep of the people remains the Punjab government’s main goal.
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He was speaking as the chief guest at the 15th convocation of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) on Saturday, while Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat attended the ceremony as guest of honour.
Congratulating the graduates and their parents, the health minister said graduating from KEMU is a major achievement and described the institution as one of the finest medical universities in Pakistan.
He said the convocation marks the start of the graduates’ professional careers and urged them to uphold the values of their alma mater.
Highlighting government initiatives, he said major steps have been taken in the health sector, including the Chief Minister’s Children’s Heart Surgery Programme, Kidney and Liver Transplant Programme, Dialysis Programme, Clinics on Wheels and Field Hospitals.
He added that several projects, including new cardiology institutes and children’s hospitals, are under way, while the Sahiwal Institute of Cardiology has been opened to the public and the revamping of Mayo Hospital Lahore has been completed at a cost of billions of rupees.
