LETTER: The KPK government deserves a lot of praise for allocating a record amount of Rs 124 billion for the health sector. In its budget for fiscal year 2020-21, provincial government has sought to have ensured adequate stock of equipment, medicines and increasing strength of doctors in public sector hospitals besides providing Sehat Insaf cards to every family of the province and in this regard it has allocated Rs 10 billion. The allocation of Rs 36 billion earmarked for MTI hospitals is a step in the right direction. According to media reports, the budgetary allocation has also been increased from Rs 2.5 billion to 4 billion rupees for procurement of medicines in healthcare facilities.

The million-dollar question now is whether the KP government would have sufficient funds to make timely releases of funds for the healthcare sector in the midst of coronavirus outbreak and a woeful economic slowdown.

TANVIR KHAN PESHAWAR