Mobile Health Units (MHUs) have played an effective role in providing quality healthcare services to the people of remote and far flung areas of the Punjab at their door step and this is a unique gift of the Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for the people of Southern Punjab. These MHUs have so far provided free medical treatment and diagnostic facilities to 2.6 million people in six districts.
This is stated by the Punjab Minister for Primary & Secondary Healthcare, Khawaja Imran Nazir while presiding over a meeting to review the performance of the MHUs. Besides, Secretary Primary and Secondary Health Ali Jan Khan, DG Health Dr Mukhtar Husain Syed, Additional Secretary (Technical) Dr Asim Altaf, MD Medi Urge Ch. Manzor Ahmed, Dr. Shamshad Qureshi and others attended the meeting. It was informed that presently six MHUs are providing medical treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur and Mianwali districts.
These MHUs are equipped with Laboratory, X-ray, Ultrasound, ECG and gynea tests facilities. Kh Imran Nazir said that Chief Minister has introduced this scheme six years back and this proved a very successful model and these MHUs not only provided medical treatment to the people in routine but also very helpful in providing medical treatment in natural calamities, moreover, on the direction of Chief Minister, the MHU was sent to Bannu District, KPK to provide health facilities to the IDPs.
The minister further said that the government is committed to providing quality healthcare services to the people of Punjab and more MHUs would be provided to other districts very soon. Billions of rupees are being spent to ensure quality healthcare services and minimum service delivery standards should be made at all cost.
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