
The minister said that dementia patients will be properly registered in any of the public sector hospitals of the province. A state-of-the-art centre will also be established in the Punjab Institute of Mental Health for looking after dementia patients.
Vacant posts of neurologists and psychologists in the public sector hospitals of Punjab will soon be filled. Memory clinics will also be established in the province for provision of better healthcare facilities to dementia patients.
Special committees will be bound by duty to present reports regarding the registration of dementia patients and provision of healthcare facilities to them on monthly basis. The provincial minister further said that there is a dire need to launch a special awareness campaign regarding dementia.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2019.
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