New paediatrician to start work at IGMH in June

A new paediatrician will begin working at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) next month, the hospital has announced.

The hospital recently stopped providing outpatient services to children because of a shortage of paediatricians.

Zubair Mohamed, Managing Director of Male’ Health Services Corporation – formerly the Chief Executive Officer of IGMH – said that there were only four pediatricians remaining after much of the department had left because of poor salaries and conditions.