LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said quality health facility was the right of every citizen and for this purpose, the Punjab government was implementing a comprehensive programme.
He said, "Reforms programme has been evolved for setting up healthcare system on modern lines and we have to move forward speedily for implementation of that programme."
He said the Punjab government would ensure provision of latest medical facilities to the people by implementing reforms programme through innovation in healthcare system.
He was reviewing proposals regarding implementation of reforms programme for the provision of quality treatment facilities to the people of the province.
Addressing the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif said provision of modern and quality medical facilities to the masses was top priority of the government and a historic budget of billions of rupees had been allocated for this purpose.
He said there was no shortage of resources for providing healthcare facilities to the people. If persons associated with health sector performed their duties efficiently and with sense of responsibility and made correct use of resources, then best medical facilities would become available to the patients, he added.
He said reforms programme was being evolved for setting medical sector on modern lines and he would personally review that programme for improving healthcare system. The meeting of steering committee would be held regularly every week, he added.
The Chief Minister said the concerned institutions would have to take immediate steps for improving healthcare system instead of lip service and move forward for serving the ailing humanity.
Giving approval to launch Motorbikes Ambulance Service, he said reforms programme would have to be forwarded on emergency basis for providing quality medical facilities to common man.
Quality health facilities would be provided to the patients after benefitting from healthcare system of Turkey, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said soon a delegation of experts of Turk Ministry of Health would visit Pakistan for improving medical sector.
He said cooperation of brotherly Islamic country Turkey for the improvement of different sectors in Pakistan and Punjab was appreciable. He said the experts of Turk Health Ministry would not only impart training to the nurses in Punjab but the nurses would also be sent for training.
Additional Chief Secretary gave a detailed briefing regarding prospects of cooperation in connection with improvement of healthcare system with officials of Turk Health Ministry during the visit of a delegation of Punjab government to Turkey.
Parliamentary Secretary Khawaja Imran Nazir, Dr. Nadia Aziz MPA, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary, Chairman Planning & Development, secretaries of concerned departments, medical experts and members of the delegation who visited Turkey recently attended the meeting.
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