‘Health cards being extended nationwide’

Steps afoot to improve public , says Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulation Aamir Mehmood Kiyani

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulation Aamir Mehmood Kiyani said health cards are being extended to the whole country as per the wish of the Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Speaking to the media after holding an open kutchery in his constituency on Sunday, he said the government was giving health cards with an aim to provide best healthcare facilities to the people of lower socio-economic background.

The minister said the government was paying special heed to improve facilities at public sector hospitals in the country.

He added that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI government under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan was working day and night to provide relief to the people and bring noticeable changes in their lives, adding the change would be visible to everyone in months, and not years.

He said government was trying to create job opportunities for the youth in different sectors by bringing foreign investments in the country. The minister listened to the problems of the people of his constituency and assured to resolve their problems.

Earlier, in a statement last month, he said the government was going to start health insurance programme in the country under which 25 million Health Insurance Cards would be distributed among poor people.

"Four new hospitals will be established in Islamabad to facilitate the people," he said. He added that the government hospitals in Islamabad had been facing staff shortage since long and the government was advertising for new jobs to fill the vacant seats.