As per policy of the Punjab government, services of 200 contract employees of BS-1 to 15 in the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) have been regularized.

The employees whose services have been regularised have expressed gratitude to the authorities.

Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute and LGH Prof Dr Sardar Muhammad Al-fareed Zafar said that out of these 200 employees, 118 belong to BS-1 to 4 while 82 are from BS-5 to 15 who were serving in different cadres on contract basis earlier.

He expressed the hope that the employees would now serve with more dedication and devotion and leave no stone unturned to discharge their duties with more commitment. He said that medical profession and hospital administration have close liaison and these staff members of LGH have great significance in providing better health facilities to the patients coming in the hospital.

Medical Superintendent of LGH Dr Mahmood Salah Uddin said that documents of all these 200 employees were got verified before regularization.