K-P integrated health project extended for three years

The government informs the provincial assembly about the money released to the eight MTI hospitals

PESHAWAR:

The provincial government has extended its integrated health project for another three years.

However, the immunisation programme has been excluded from the project.

Sources in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Health Department have informed The Express Tribune that the Lady Health Workers Programme, the Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Nutrition Programme and the MNCH programmes were integrated under a single wide-ranging project.

The projects were integrated to make these facilities accessible for mothers and newborns apart from strengthening the programme at the provincial and district levels to improve overall service delivery.

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Sources further said that the EPI has now been separated from other integrated programmes.

But with the programme to remain active for the foreseeable future, the health department has decided to recruit 500 regular vaccinators.

Under the integrated health project, the provincial government has allocated Rs8 billion, of which Rs2 billion will be spent this year. Moreover, at least 85 centres which provide basic obstetric services to women have been established under the project.Funds released to MTI hospitals

The government on Friday informed the provincial assembly about the money released to the eight MTI hospitals in the province.

A report submitted to the K-P Assembly in response to the queries from MPA Waqar Ahmed Khan said that most of the money was provided to three hospitals, the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) in Peshawar and the Ayub Medical Complex (AMC) in Abbottabad.

The report stated that the Mian Gul Halifa Hospital received Rs580.3 million in the fiscal year 2016-17 and Rs930 million in 2017-18, another Rs280 million in 2018-19 and Rs1.16 billion in the last financial year.

The Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) received Rs1.12 billion in 2015-16, Rs1.16 billion during 2016-17, Rs1.65 billion in 2018-19 and Rs2.19 billion during the last financial year.

Similarly, the LRH was provided Rs3 billion during 2015-16, over Rs3 billion in 2018-19 and Rs4.97 billion during the fiscal year 2019-20.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 8^th, 2020.