Chief Minister reviews health facilities in the province

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high level meeting here today which reviewed various proposals for the improvement of public health facilities in the province.

Advisor on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique, Members Provincial Assembly Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Chaudhry Arshad Javed, Chairman Planning & Development, Secretary Health and other concerned officers were present.

The Chief Minister said that steps are being taken for providing modern healthcare facilities in the province and government is spending billions of rupees for development of health sector. He said that a modern 50-bed hospital has been constructed in district Muzaffargarh of South Punjab with the cooperation of Turkey.

He said that free of cost medical facilities would be provided to the poor patients in the hospital. He said that state-of-the-art machinery has been installed in the hospital which will be run with the cooperation of private sector.

The Chief Minister said that the hospital constructed for the people of South Punjab with the cooperation of Turkey is a gift of Turk government and would result in provision of modern treatment facilities to the people of this region.