Sindh govt pursuing WHO’s ‘Health for All’ theme: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that bringing health facilities to the doorsteps of the people is the manifesto of his party, and the Sindh people's government has developed world-class health institutions as a bright example for other governments.

In his message issued from Media Cell Bilawal House on World Health Day, he endorsed the theme of the World Health Organisation, Health for All, saying that this slogan is also the manifesto of his party.

Bilawal stressed that a large section of population was living below the poverty line, and the people were facing historic inflation and unemployment. Under such circumstances the state has to fulfill its responsibilities regarding public health.

He paid tribute to the doctors, nurses, lady health workers and other health professionals who are working day and night to save the lives of their countrymen during the corona virus outbreak. The medical staff who sacrificed their own lives while treating the patients during the pandemic deserve a special place in our prayers, he added.

Chairman Bilawal said that public health has always been one of the top priorities of his party.

The PPP Chairman said that National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and its satellite network, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Sciences Gambat, and the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) and its cyberknife technology unit for cancer treatment are the gifts of the PPP government to the people of the country.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (ZABICVD), the world's largest free cardiology hospital with 1,200 beds, is also a reflection of our commitment that lack of money should not be an obstacle for any Pakistani to get the required medical treatment.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7^th, 2023.