Doctors slam mayor’s remarks, seek reforms at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Medical bodies demand release of pending salaries, improved facilities, and recruitment to revive struggling KMC-run institution. IV Report KARACHI: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA), joined by representatives of several other professional bodies, on Saturday (August 30) voiced concern over what they called “inappropriate” remarks made by Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab regarding protesting doctors at the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation–run Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH). Speaking at a press conference at its headquarters, PIMA leaders, flanked by representatives of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Young Doctors Association (YDA), and doctors affiliated with ASH, presented a detailed set of demands, urging the Sindh government and the KMC administration to urgently address the “grave deterioration” in the hospital’s facilities and resolve the outstanding salary issues faced by junior doctors. The controversy began a day earlier when Mayor Wahab, whil...