HYDERABAD, March 16: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has constituted a health committee to look after working of 62 government hospitals and health centres of the district.

He was presiding over a meeting of health officers and members of the district council here on Wednesday.

The committee is headed by Dr Asif Razmi and Dr Fateh Khan, Mohammad Ashraf Naqshbandi, Dr Roop Chand and Dr Rakhshanda are its members.

The committee will pay surprise visits to hospitals and health centres and check irregularities, if any.

It will ensure availability of medicines and food for patients and proper working of laboratories, sanitation and submit a report to the nazim.

The committee will also inform the EDO about any irregularity in hospitals and health centres but it will have no powers to post or transfer any doctor or paramedic.

The nazim expressed determination to make working of government hospitals better than private hospitals.

He also directed health officials to improve working of the government hospitals and health centres and take strict action against delinquent officials regardless of any recommendations or political affiliations.

He said hospital management committees would also be formed.

Health EDO Dr Nazar Mohammad Junejo, Paretabad hospital medical superintendent Dr Sharif Rathore, Qasimabad hospital medical superintendent Dr Khadim Lakhair, Lady Dufferin Hospital medical superintendent Dr Suraya and other health officials and members of the district council attended the meeting.

DUES: Hyderabad City Taluka Nazim Javed Jabbar here on Wednesday directed tenants of taluka properties to clear their dues without delay.

During his visit to the Syed Hafiz Mubarak Ali Shah shopping centre, he asked shopkeepers to pay their rents within one week, failing which the rent agreement would be cancelled and their shops auctioned.

The nazim said resources of the TMA were limited and it was faced with innumerable problems. He said that if shopkeepers and others did not pay rents on time, problems would continue to increase.

LECTURE: The head of the department of cardiology, Isra University, Prof (Dr) Feroze Memon, has said that 80 per cent of patients all over the world die of various heart diseases such as blockage of heart vessels, increase in the size of heart, improper working of valves and other ailments.

He was delivering a lecture at an information programme held at the university on Wednesday.

He pointed out that now heart diseases were on the rise in the youth too whereas earlier only people over 50 years of age were afflicted with these diseases.

He said that hypertension, diabetes, carelessness in diet, obesity, smoking, depression and lack of exercise were the prime causes for heart diseases.

Prof Memon said that 33 per cent people all over the world suffered from blood pressure and the ratio in Pakistan was 22 per cent. He said that only 2 per cent of the patents in Pakistan were able to control their blood pressure.

He emphasised the need for timely and proper treatment and added that a patient must go for bypass surgery when so advised.

FLOWER SHOW: A flower show was held at the cantonment public park under the aegis of the Cantonment Board here on Thursday.

The GOC, 18-Division, Maj-Gen Mohammad Mustafa Khan, was the chief guest.

A large number of army and civil officers, including station commander Brig Mohammad Ameer Khan and Cantonment Board executive officer Fayaz Ahmad Khan, visited the exhibition.

The Sindh Regiment Centre won the first prize and 53-EME Battalion and the 42 AK Regiment won the second and third prizes respectively.

Maj-Gen Mustafa Khan praised the Hyderabad Cantonment for arranging the two-day exhibition.