Staff Reporter
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan on Thursday said that the concrete steps are being taken to ensure universal health coverage for having safer and healthier future of every citizen in the country.
Addressing an event on Universal Health Coverage at WHO country office, organization by World Health Organization, Dr Faisal said that the government will make more investment in health system to ensure their protection from diseases and in this regard all available resources will be utilized.
He said that the government has already provided free medical services to its citizens while it was working on its reform agenda to make a drastic change in the health sector.
He said that in coordination with the provinces, the ministry of National Health Services has completed work on Benefit Package of Pakistan to support the health reforms agenda in the country. He added initially the benefit package will be started in two districts of each province and an area of every region.
