KarachiWork came to a halt on Thursday at the Jinnah Post Medical Centre (JPMC) when the nurses’ protest, initially scheduled for two hours, lasted for the whole day with the paramedical staff joining in to show their support. The staff chanted slogans against the administration and refused to work.
The protests started when a third-year nursing student was found unconscious near the 96 Doctors’ Backyard Mess. After being examined, the girl was found to be gang-raped and tortured. An FIR was filed against Dr Jabbar Memon who is said to be the accused.
The incident sparked off a spate of protests at the JPMC, which has halted work at one of the major public hospitals in Karachi. The protest intensified when Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui visited the young girl at the Intensive Care Unit. Farooqui, accompanied by the Head of JPMC’s Emergency Ward Dr Seemin Jamali, said that a committee would be formed which will act against and investigate all such issues in the future. It will include all the concerned members of the hospital and will include two members from the nursing department as well, she added.
After meeting the nurses, whose main grievance was that no action has been taken against the illegal residents at the doctors’ backyard, Farooqui said: “After 15 days, there will be an operation to kick out all the illegal residents living there and if need be we will take the help of police as well.”
Meanwhile, the survivor is still unconscious. According to the doctors, she is doing better then before. “Her statement is very important in this case as it will once and for all give rest to the rumour mongering in the hospital,” said a senior doctor at the hospital.
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