Solid Reforms A Must To Achieve Health Sector Goals: Minister
Sumaira FH Published October 11, 2018 | 07:34 PM
Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that without introducing solid reforms, achievement of health sector goals was not possible.
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Oct, 2018 ) :Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that without introducing solid reforms, achievement of health sector goals was not possible.
She was chairing a meeting of vice chancellors of medical universities in Punjab. Secretary Health Saqib Zaffer was also present.
"To implement reforms in letter and spirit, the opinion of experts from medical education institutions was necessary," she observed.
The minister said that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa health model should also be considered for improving public health sector. "Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar have emphasised special focus on mother and child health," added the minister.
Dr Yasmin Rashid, while sharing details of recent "Nutrition Week", held from October 1 to 6, said that the Health Department was able to collect comprehensive data of malnourished children, lactating and pregnant women for the first time in the history of Pakistan. "Now we are going to concentrate on the programme to solve problem of malnutrition," she added.
The minister stressed VCs to make medical curriculum in accordance with the need of the hour. "Doctors should behave friendly with patients," she advised.
"Reward of serving ailing humanity was not possible in the world and one should believe this reward in the world hereafter," she concluded.
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