Saira Tarar Launches PM's National Health Program In Vehari

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 09th Feb, 2018 ) :Federal Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar Friday launched Prime Minister�s National Health Program in district Vehari and distributed health cards among the deserving families enrolled under the program.

Speaking on the occasion, she said the program launched in Vehari would benefit 185,000 families of the district who were poorest of the poor. These families have been registered on merit under transparent procedure, she added.

Saira said it was the vision of her leader Nawaz Sharif to ensure that no poor was deprived of quality health-care due to lack of resources. "We believe in performance alone and the largest ever health program providing best services free of cost to the poor speaks for itself.

We have taken major strides in health, energy, security and infrastructure with projects completed in record time which is unprecedented in the last 70 years," she added. She said that when others were indulging in politics of hatred, sloganeering and intrigues, we were busy in resolving the most critical issues of energy, security, health and infrastructure that directly impact the lives and welfare of the people.

The minister said, "health caravan is moving forward on its way to success. The Prime Minister�s National Health Program had been planned to be initiated in a phased manner and Alhamdulillah we are progressing fast on it." After launching Prime Minister�s National Health Program in various districts of Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Baluchistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, now it was going to be launched in district Vehari of Punjab province.

Saira Tarar said, "our leadership is giving top priority to social welfare especially in health sector." "The masses in districts which have already been provided with such facilities have expressed great satisfaction on the services delivered by the program." The minister said facilitating the poor communities had always been our top priority and it had been proved by poor-friendly health initiatives.

"Satisfaction of our poor fellows about the services of the program is our pride and it proves its success. Now our poor families earning below Rs.6000 per month will get the same treatment which was meant only for the rich." "Treatment facilities will be equally provided for the rich and the poor for all kinds of ailments including cancer, cardiac diseases, burn and other general ailments.

All treatments will be provided free of cost for the poor," she added. The minister said, "Our first priority is to provide state of the art health facilities at the government hospitals. But if required, consulting private hospital would also be available to the poor families and all expenses will be borne by the government." The minister congratulated the entire team of Prime Minister�s National Health Program on its successful implementation.

The minister said, "We are moving forward to materialize the dream which has been an integral part of our motto and very soon we will be able to launch this health initiative in all parts of the country."