Annual Performance of The Department of Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education

Chief Minister’s Project of Free Medicines to Patients Suffering from Cancer and Heart Diseases Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has also launched a plan to provide medicines to registered patients suffering from heart diseases, hepatitis and other diseases at their homes for their convenience.

Now, under a best practice, medicines are being delivered to patients’ homes every month by courier. Recently, the Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has signed an agreement with Pakistan Post to improve the system of providing free medicines to patients suffering from cancer and heart diseases at their doorsteps.

Chief Minister’s Children’s

Heart Surgery Program When Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif was shown the waiting list for surgeries of children suffering from heart diseases, she was overwhelmed and directed that the Chief Minister’s Children’s Heart Surgery Program should be started immediately, under which the waiting list of children’s surgeries should be completed on a priority basis. Under this wonderful project, more than 1800 innocent children have undergone successful surgeries so far. While the credit for the surgeries of more than 1800 innocent children goes to Punjab

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the credit also goes to Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique.

Clinics on Wheels and Field Hospitals

Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched successful and historic projects like Clinics on Wheels and Field Hospitals, which created a wave of joy among the people of the province. According to records, more than 6.8 million patients have been provided with treatment and free medicines through Clinics on Wheels and Field Hospitals so far. 9.5 million patients have benefited from Field Hospitals so far, while 60,000 X-rays and 35,000 lab tests have also been provided. Ultrasound, first aid and mother-child facilities are being provided in Field Hospitals. Doctors, LHVs, vaccinations, staff and other medical facilities are available in Clinics on Wheels services.

Revamping of Government Teaching Hospitals in Punjab

The project of revamping all government teaching hospitals across Punjab is in the best possible stage of completion. In addition, more than 2800 hospitals are being revamped in Punjab. During the revamping, the dilapidated buildings of government hospitals have been converted into very beautiful multi-story buildings. The shortage of specialist doctors in district hospitals is also being met on priority basis.

Chief Minister’s Dialysis Program

Recently, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has also launched the Chief Minister’s Dialysis Program. Here it is worth thinking about why the number of patients undergoing dialysis in Pakistan is increasing at such an alarming rate? After 35 years, according to a conservative estimate, every tenth Pakistani is suffering from liver and kidney diseases. If work on prevention starts in Pakistan in the real sense, there would not be so much disease burden and its burden would not be on our health system. The Punjab government provides a budget of billions of rupees every year for the treatment and care of patients in government hospitals, but it has been observed that this budget is only increasing because the disease burden is increasing to an alarming extent.

Chief Minister’s Special Initiative

for Transplant Program The excellent project of the Chief Minister’s Special Initiative for Transplant Program has been launched by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, under which patients will be provided with absolutely free facilities of liver, cornea, kidney and other transplants.

Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer Treatment and Research established in Lahore

Punjab has been deprived of better cancer treatment facilities for decades. The plan that the PML-N had written or listed in its manifesto before coming to power was fulfilled by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Cancer patients in Punjab were forced to seek treatment at expensive private hospitals and after waiting for years. When Maryam Nawaz Sharif assumed the office of Chief Minister of Punjab, she announced the establishment of the state-of-the-art Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer Treatment and Research in Lahore. The total cost of establishing the Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer Treatment and Research will be Rs 82 billion and every year thousands of cancer patients will receive international standard treatment and care facilities at this Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer Treatment and Research. The biggest feature of this Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer Treatment and Research is that patients with cancer levels 3 and 4 will be treated here and patients from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will also be provided with the best treatment and care facilities.

Establishment of Nawaz Sharif Institutes of Cardiology in Lahore and Sargodha

To increase the treatment and care facilities for patients suffering from heart diseases in Punjab and provide the best medical facilities at their doorstep, state-of-the-art Nawaz Sharif Institutes of Cardiology are being established in Lahore and Sargodha, where the best surgeons, operation theaters, treatment and care facilities and free medicines will be provided to the patients suffering from heart diseases.

Reforms in the Nursing Department

Recently, the Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has recruited 3000 nurses on vacant posts through the Punjab Public Service Commission. The Punjab government is bringing reforms for the betterment of the nursing department. Recently, the Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has also made record promotions of nurses.

Major change in the local

purchase system of medicines The Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has made a fundamental change in the local purchase system of medicines in government teaching hospitals. Now no medicine can be purchased until it is exhausted from the stock available in the hospital. The necessary changes were made immediately in the software from PITB. Now, the relevant MS will be responsible for making local purchases despite the presence of stock.

Establishment of a control room for redressal of complaints

The Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has established a control room in the Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education to redress complaints regarding the treatment and care of patients in government hospitals. The control room has been established to ensure better service delivery in government hospitals. The control room is functional 24/7. Patients visiting government hospitals can contact O304-1111781 to register complaints regarding service delivery. Helpline numbers have been displayed at prominent locations in all teaching hospitals, including receptions, waiting rooms, patient information desks and notice boards.

Hospital Waste Management System

Punjab government hospitals are committed to ensuring safe treatment and a clean environment for patients visiting them. The Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education has started to show very positive results from the excellent monitoring and inspection of government hospitals. The stock of toxic waste in government hospitals of Punjab is being disposed of in a timely manner.

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