LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice on hospitals charging patients exorbitant fees for medical treatment.<br /><br />During a hearing at Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Saturday, the chief justice remarked that private hospitals fleece patients by charging them hefty amount on a per-day basis.<br /><br />Therefore the court issued notices to owners of 12 private hospitals in Lahore, summoning them on Sunday.<br /><br />Notices were also issued to the health secretary and health care commission.<br /><br />CJP has taken notices earlier of loopholes in the health sector in Punjab.<br /><br />In one of such hearings, he took notice of disparity in salaries of doctors working at government-owned health facilities, saying those called from abroad are paid a hefty sum while the local ones are given a small amount.<br /><br />Speaking about Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute, Justice Nisar had said doctors at the state-of-the-art facility of the government get a salary of Rs1.2 million while the ones working at a public hospitals gets Rs0.2 million.<br /><br />He had demanded the government hospital doctors be also paid a high salary so that they do not have to practise illegally and fulfil their duties at government hospitals with honesty.<br /><br />The chief justice also sought details of hospitals being run on funds by Recep Tayyib Erdogan Trust and said that he would continue to survey hospitals even if anyone had a problem with him doing so.<br />#SiddiqueJaan
