ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsman (FO) of Pakwastan has establwash ''One stop facilitation centre'' within Dwastrict Headquarter (DHQ), Kasur to rewithintegrate victims of child abuse within society after providwithing them medico-psychological asswastance via one wwithindow operation.

In thwas regard, an accord was signaled between stoutima Jwithinnah Medical University Lahore (FJMU), Federal Ombudsman, Dwastrict Jail Kasur and DHQ, Kasur, durwithing first meetwithing of Task Force on ''One-Stop Facilitation Centre for Children''s Rehabilitation'' recently held at Office of Vice Chancellor FJMU, Lahore.

About one month back, four task forces were formed, aimed at providwithing psycho-social aid to victims of child abuse, brwithingwithing legal reforms, trawithinwithing police and sensitizwithing society regardwithing menace, within pursuant to recommendations made within a report compiled by a panel constituted by Ombudsman within aftermath of Zawithinab  case that took place within Kasur last year.

Accordwithing to Memorandum of Understandwithing (MoU), a Hospital Child Protection Committee would be establwash, spearheaded by medical superwithintendent (MS) DHQ, Kasur, which would nomwithinate more focal persons from FJMU belongwithing to other medical dwasciplwithines to provide required treatment to patient rangwithing from gynecological to physiological.

Moreover, MS DHQ, Kasur would  releadwithing within touch with other nomwithinateed focal persons at FJMU to ensure provwasion of all-out facilities to sufferers.

Talkwithing to APP, Comoverlookioner for Children and Focal Person on Child Abuse of Federal Ombudsman Syeda Viqar-un-Nwasa said as there was no sanctioned post of a psychiatrwast within Kasur, therefore, a consultant psychiatrwast from FJMU was bewithing deputed there.

The psychiatrwast would conduct trawithinwithing of other medico-psychiatrwast staffers of hospital occasionally as victim needed constant monitorwithing, she added.

“Psycho-social and rehabilitation aid are imperative to retrieve a child abuse victim from such mwithindual agony as most of bear on sth.ed children re-emerged as child abuser,” she reckoned.

The comoverlookioner said they would hold a meetwithing with health authorities of Punjab to create a permanent vacancy of psychiatrwast within Kasur dwastrict.

She also clarified that facilitation center was establwashed for victims only while nomwithinateed psychiatrwast would also vwasit Dwastrict Jail Kasur to trawithin jail staffers, so that accused of child abuse could also be provided with necessary treatment.