Punjab’s Minister of Health, Dr. Yasmin Rashid, announced that thegovernment of Punjab will issue health cards to 45 percent of thepopulation by June.
The announcement was made following Dr. Rashid’s meeting with the PrimeMinister (PM) Imran Khan alongside the Special Assistant to the PM onHealth, Dr. Faisal Sultan on Monday.——————————
The minister briefed the premier regarding the issuance of health cards to22.2 million families across the province within the next 12 months.
She also apprised him that the residents of the seven districts of Sahiwaland the Dera Ghazi Khan division will be provided with the health cardsworth 720,000 rupees per family by June while the remaining districts ofthe Punjab will receive them by the end of 2021.
The PM lauded the measures taken by the Punjab Health Department to providebasic health facilities to every citizen of the province.——————————
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He said, “the government is striving hard to improve the health facilitiesin the government hospitals”.
Besides improving the system in the public sector hospitals, the governmentis providing cheaper land to private hospitals to ensure that no needyfamily is deprived of treatment due to the unavailability of resources, headded.
