Rawalpindi health workers’ protest against hospitals outsourcing mars anti-polio campaign

Aamir Yasin - Dawn - 22/04
District health official acknowledges a shortage of 2,500 workers in the affected tehsils in light of the protest.

RAWALPINDI: As the district launched its week-long polio vaccination drive on Monday, health workers in at least three tehsils – Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, and Gujar Khan – refused to participate in the campaign to protest the decision to outsource public-sector hospitals.

According to Young Doctors Association’s office-bearer Dr Aarif Aziz, the notification for the outsourcing of the Jinnah Hospital Lahore had been issued while there was a plan to outsource different departments of Mayo Hospital Lahore.

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