Provincial Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that all the school children of Punjab will be screened through CM school nutrition screening programme.
She said this while addressing 22nd Annual International Hematology Conference as chief guest at a local hotel. FJMU Vice Chancellor Prof Amir Zaman Khan, Gen (retd) Sohaib, Dr Nisar, Dr Tahir Shamsi, Prof Mehmood Khursheed, Prof Mufti, Dr Hayee and other medical experts attended the conference in a large number.
Addressing the participants of the conference, Dr Yasmeen Rashid said that Gen (retd) Sohaib played a pivotal role in starting and success of Thalassemia programme in Punjab. It was very important to create awareness among the people regarding protection from any disease.
She said that FJMU was being made the best research center. The minister said that hematology was of vital importance in medical world. She congratulated the doctors who rendered the best services in the world of hematology.
Later Dr Yasmin Rashid paid a surprise visit to Shahdra Teaching Hospital. FJMU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr. Zaman Khan accompanied her. The minister also visited newly constructed Govt Paramedical Teaching School and Nursing College. She inquired after the patients in different wards and reviewed cleanliness arrangements. MS of Govt Teaching Hospital Shahdra gave information regarding medical facilities being provided in the hospital. She directed the MS to provide maximum facilities to the patients in the hospital.
The minister said that the purpose of the surprise visit to the hospital was to review the medical facilities being provided to the patients.
