MS directed to improve services

Punjab Minister for Health said that action would be taken against MS on poor cleanliness conditions

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid on Tuesday directed the medical superintendents of all teaching hospitals to improve their performance. Presiding over a high-level meeting at Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department here, she said that action would be taken against MS on poor cleanliness conditions in the public sector hospital. She said that relief and ease should be provided to the patients coming in public sector hospitals, adding that patients should not face any difficulty regarding provision of medical facilities and availability of medicines in public sector hospitals. Misbehave with the patient cannot be tolerated in public sector hospitals, she said and added that provision of best healthcare facilities to the patients was the top priority of the government. Dr Rashid said PTI government believed in providing best healthcare facilities to the people. She said surprise visits would be conducted for monitoring and inspecting the medical facilities being provided to the patients in the hospitals.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2019.