LAHORE: Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Khawaja Imran Imran Nazir on Sunday said no new polio case surfaced in Punjab during last one year.
Chairing the monthly Chief Executive Officers (H) Meeting here at the Directorate General Health Services, he said that Punjab was the first province in Pakistan which would introduce Rota Vaccine to control diarrhoea related mortality among children.
In the first phase, he said, the Rota vaccine was being introduced in six districts, including Lahore, Multan, Kasur, Khushab, Muzaffargarh and Mandi Bahauddin during the current month and in all other districts afterwards.
Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan, Director General Health Services Punjab Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Syed, EDOs (H) of all districts, Chief Minister Roadmap team, PITB, Policy and Strategic Planning Unit, UNICEF, WHO and Program Managers participated in the conference.
Khawaja Imran Nazir said that health councils must be efficient and they must work according to their stipulated TORs.
He said special efforts must be made to tighten drug control regime with firm action against culprits involved in spurious drugs. The minister reviewed the status of development projects and budget utilization of all district and directed that all resources must be utilized to improve the health facilities in the province.
He also sought replies from districts where essential medicines were not available or staff was not found present.
He directed that trackers must be immediately placed on all ambulances and medicines supplied exclusively to government facilities must be properly marked. Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan said that preventive healthcare was under special focus and process of revamping of selected THQs and DHQs was already underway.
The minister also directed penalties and other disciplinary measures on staff not complying with bio-matric attendance.
The meeting reviewed the status of BHUs, facilities and resources needed for improvement. The Chief Minister Roadmap team presented analysis on Key Performance Indicators for Primary and Secondary Healthcare.
The status of safe deliveries, MO presence, MO Posting, Consultant postings and janitorial services was reviewed through data analysis.
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