Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday visited the newly constructed emergency wards of Children Hospital and inquired after the health of the patient children. He enquired the parents about medical facilities and inspected different sections.
He directed to early start the construction of OPD and diagnostic block and announced to establish a new OPD block with the direction to early complete the identification of land. The chief minister also announced that Children Hospital will be given the status of the University of Child Health adding that every city needs such institutions to save the children from diseases and to provide quality healthcare facilities. In the first phase, Children Hospital will be set up in every Division of the province and this programme will be extended in phases. Later, a child-specific hospital will be set up in every district, he added.
The chief minister said the health sector reforms programme is being monitored by him and announced to further improve the standard of healthcare facilities. Many new hospitals have been started by the PTI government in Lahore, he added. The chief minister was also given a briefing about the reconstruction of the emergency ward.
Talking to the media, the chief minister said that hospitals are not only revamped in Lahore but new hospitals are also being established. The PTI government laid the foundation stone of mother and child hospital in Ganga Ram hospital and PIC-II project has also been devised along with the institute of blood diseases. To a question, he said that Punjab government has taken advance steps to deal with coronavirus.
The government is fully vigilant and more steps will be taken if needed. To another question, he said that permission will not be given to increase the prices of masks and administration is issued directions.
Buzdar directs strict surveillance of international entry points
Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed effective monitoring and surveillance of different international entry points.
He was chairing an important meeting at Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department about the steps taken by the Punjab government to deal with the threat of coronavirus.
Additional staff of the health department has been deputed at airports for passengers’ screening but strict monitoring of entry points is also essential, he added. He told that cabinet committee will be constituted immediately to review coronavirus situation. This committee would be comprised of all stakeholders to daily review steps after monitoring the situation.
He approved to immediately procure necessary equipment relating to coronavirus adding that Rs236 million has been released by the Punjab government. The coronavirus diagnostic facility is available in Punjab and there is no coronavirus patient in the province, he added.
