SHCC board in limbo again
Govt yet to reconstitute commission's key policy-making body months after tenure expiry By Mukhtar Alam KARACHI: Amid growing concerns over healthcare delivery across Sindh, the major policy-making and oversight body of the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) — the Board of Commissioners (BoCs) — has remained non-functional since the expiry of its tenure earlier this year, raising questions about regulatory governance in the health sector. It is learnt that the statutory BoCs completed its tenure in the first week of February. However, the provincial health department has yet to initiate the process for constituting a new board in accordance with the Sindh Healthcare Commission Act, 2014, sources in the health sector said. The law states that the general superintendence, direction and management of the affairs of the commission, along with overall policy-making in respect of its operations, vest in the Board of Commissioners. Observers point out that such a keybody, comprisi...