Health centres: 317 doctors appointed for Gujranwala

SIALKOT: Punjab government on Monday appointed 317 doctors on a three-year contact for activating and functionalising 100 rural health centres and basic health units in Gujranwala division. The centres and units in Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts have been lying non-functional for several years due to non-availability of the doctors. The announcement was made by Divisional Commissioner Khawaja Shamail Ahmed while talking to reporters at a press conference. He said appointment letters were being distributed among the doctors through their respective EDOs.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 26^th, 2013.