{
  "id": 12547320,
  "title": "Another crisis creeps up at Pims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/another-crisis-creeps-up-at-pims",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:45:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035230/another-crisis-creeps-up-at-pims"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Islamabad, Pakistan - The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is facing a looming crisis due to procurement issues that could lead to the discontinuation of free medicines for inpatients and other essential items. A senior hospital officer revealed that no tenders have been signed in the past six weeks, causing a rapid depletion of stocks. Executive Director Prof Dr Tanwir Khaliq, who assumed his role recently, vowed to take zero tolerance towards ensuring patient care. A hospital doctor, speaking anonymously, expressed concern over the slow progress of tender approvals, attributing it to changes in leadership and the absence of an Executive Director. A finance department officer explained that the Federal Board of Revenue only accepts authorized signatures, and the process of authorizing new signatures can take up to two weeks following officer changes. While some stocks are available, hospital officials are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is on the verge of another crisis as supplies of free medicines for inpatients and other items might be discontinued due to procurement issues. The situation has become worse as not a single tender has been signed during the last six weeks, a senior officer said. However Executive Director (ED) Pims Prof Dr Tanwir Khaliq, who took charge of…",
  "key_points": [
    "Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) faces procurement crisis.",
    "No tenders signed in past six weeks, causing stock depletion.",
    "Executive Director vows zero tolerance for patient care."
  ],
  "editors_take": "New leadership at Pims brings a tougher stance on patient care, but immediate procurement issues threaten to disrupt free medicines and essential items for inpatients.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Another crisis creeps up at Pims as free medicine supply to inpatients likely to be discontinued",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/another-crisis-creeps-up-at-pims-as-free-medicine-supply-to",
        "published": "2026-10-07T04:46:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}