‘Govt to striving to facilitate citizens’

Health minister says govt hospitals being upgraded in important districts

LAHORE:

Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Friday said the government was striving to facilitate the common man on the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.

She stated this in a meeting with Station Commander Navy Lahore Commodore Naimatullah at the office of Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD). She added that all resources were being utilised to control the coronavirus pandemic.

She further said the government had distributed Sehat Insaf Cards among 5.2 million families in the province adding that Universal Health Coverage would also be provided to citizens in the province. Under the Prime Minister’s health initiative, government hospitals were being upgraded in important districts, she highlighted.

The minister informed that seven Mother and Child Hospitals were being established in Punjab. “The government wants to provide the best possible health facilities to people in Punjab,” she added. “We are trying to provide healthcare service to people at their doorstep in far areas,” she said.