Population dept calls for joint effort for healthy society

Different govt departments to collaborate, share funds

LAHORE:

Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare department and the provincial population welfare department will now join hands and make coordinated efforts for achieving the goal of a healthy society by utilising human and material resources of each other.

Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare and Population Welfare Dr Jamal Nasir announced this while presiding a meeting during his maiden visit to the Population Welfare department, here, Wednesday. The meeting was participated by Secretary Population Welfare Salman Ejaz, Director General Saman Raiy and other officers concerned besides Director General Health Services Punjab Dr. Ilyas Gondal.

The minister directed for chalking out a comprehensive roadmap for enhancing collaboration between the two departments at tehsil level for this purpose.

He further directed for providing space for setting up population welfare centres at the health units and hospitals being operated by the Primary and Secondary Healthcare department.

The Population Welfare department will impart necessary training to the lady health works of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare department for extending its services.

Dr Nasir directed for obtaining special permission from the CM for recruitment on more than 1,400 vacant posts in the Population Welfare department.

He also asked for preparing a case for seeking extension in the contracts of more than nine hundred community mobilisers of the Population Welfare department.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2023.