Gambat Institute of Sindh is not a provincial but truly a national institution, where patients from AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan and other provinces, also come for free treatment – PPP Chairman
From Our Correspondent
Gambat, Sindh
Chairman Pakistan People’s Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated Pakistan’s first lung transplant unit and the country’s first Health City and Medicine Unit at Gambat town of Khairpur district on Wednesday.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of new projects at Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Science, Gambat PPP Chairman said that the Sindh government has built a world-class medical infrastructure, which is far ahead of other provinces.
He said that Gambat Institute is not a provincial but truly a national institution, where patients from Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, besides other provinces, also come for free of cost treatment.
Bilawal Bhutto said that people wouldn’t have to go to India for expensive treatment of kidney and liver because the treatment is now available in Gambat.
Politics of Delivery
Bilawal Bhutto said that if the political parties were given space and instead of the politics of hatred, division and abuse, competition was based on the politics of delivery, ideology and manifesto, then it would be useful for the country and the nation. “Powerful class has played with every generation here,” he remarked.
Giving historical references, he said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was going to make the country a world power and during his time, there was a Pakistan that was ahead of the world.
He said that when Shaheed Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister, the Prime Ministers and Presidents of the world used to follow the Pakistani Premier and even the personalities like Hillary Clinton also stood in a queue to get a glimpse of her.
Role of Judiciary
The PPP chairman said that President Asif Ali Zardari was the most powerful civilian President of the country, but he gave all his powers to the Parliament.
“Today we see that the Chief Justice is not ready to share his powers with his brother judges,” he said.
He further said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is the milestone of Pakistan’s economy, was initiated by President Zardari. After presenting the historical background, the PPP Chairman asked what was given to him in response to all these services.
He said that the same courts sentenced the Quaid-e-Awam to death and till today no judge was ready to do justice to Quaid-e-Awam.
“They give lectures to whole of Pakistan about who is corrupt and who is the Sicilian mafia. Here they come to our Larkano and slap the judge,” he said referring to an incident.
He said that after the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, and myself went to the same courts and applied that I am the grandson of the Quaid-e-Awam and I want to be a part of the pending Presidential reference before you and you should hear the case. “Till date, no judge has heard the case of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.”
Present Chief Justice had ordered construction of Kalabagh Dam when he was Chief Justice of LHC
The Foreign Minister pointed out that when the present Chief Justice was the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, he had ordered the construction of Kalabagh Dam, ignoring the rights of small provinces.
Bilawal Bhutto said that the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto was also martyred, but the judges who ruled the country in collaboration with dictators did not give justice. Today everyone, including the former establishment, admits that they imposed Imran Khan on the nation in an unconstitutional way, an ugly spot on the Constitution and democracy. “Did the same judges not see anything at that time when Faryal Talpur was picked up from the hospital bed and imprisoned in jail, where were the suo moto powers at that time? Why there was no suo moto notice even when Imran Khan was using ISI to form his government and pass the budget?”
The PPP chairman warned that the battle for Takh-e-Lahore could sink the entire country. He said that I have never used harsh words for not giving justice in the case of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto or the judicial murder of Quaid-e-Awam in the hope that they might think for themselves.
“But now I understand that if we do politics by being polite, our next three generations will continue to demand justice for Quaid-e-Awam and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto,” he added.
Bilawal Bhutto said that PPP is a democratic and ideological party, and does the politics of the manifesto, but we will not hide it now.
He said that if a few people in an institution are stubborn that they want to play politics, than be prepared.
“We know how politics is done and will respond to every undemocratic attack. We know that the plan to make Pakistan one unit, to roll back the 18th Amendment, and to take away the rights of the provinces because those who imposed on us the selected and love the same doctrine are still present in the institutions and promoting him.”
While playing neutral-neutral, these elements were plotting for his Khan, he said adding that we are ready to expose the whole conspiracy of this group before the people of Pakistan.
PPP Chairman directed the Sindh Chief Minister that the Sindh government should continue its responsibilities and work under its public mandate adding that he himself will sit in Lahore and respond to the undemocratic forces and puppets.
Sindh Chief Minister
CM Sindh Syed Murad Shah said that all the demands of the Dr. Bhatti would be meet. He said that resources are being properly utilized by the Dr. Bhatti.
He said that Gambat health city idea was actually of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. He said that 1200 bed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases have been set up in Karachi.
Dr. Rahim Bakhsh Bhatti director Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Science, Gambat in his address said that GIMS was globally emerging brand of health.
He said that GIMS started its journey from a dispensary to Institution.
He said that liver, kidney, bone marrow transplants being performed by GIMS, besides this cochlear implant also being conducted of the 150 children and some 1000 cases have been registered with GIMS.
He demanded the funds for Cochlear implants. He said that rapid emergency response center handled some 200,000 patients in a year.
He said that there are the pressures of the Federal, Provincial governments, health Ministers to prioritize their Patients.
He said that GIMS launched cardiac Robotic Surgeries, and informed that Cellular Therapy (CT), the transplantation of human cells to replace or repair damaged tissue and/or cells, is in pipeline, and Pharma industry to manufacture world standard medicines is also in pipeline.
He demanded the Stipend of 200 Post graduates Students. He said that biomedical engineering institute is required and he needs NED campus.
Federal Minister Syed Khurshid Shah, former Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and others were also present on this occasion.
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