Staff Reporter Peshawar
The incumbent provincial government is working on various projects/initiatives worth billions of rupees in primary, secondary and tertiary health care to further strengthen the health sector and provide quality medical treatment facilities to the people at their doorsteps.
Steps are being taken under an integrated plan to ensure physical progress on those initiatives as per the given timelines so that their timely completion could be ensured and people could benefit them without any delay.
This was told in a meeting of Health Department held here the other day with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair.
The meeting reviewed progress on various interventions and reforms initiatives undertaken in health sector.
Provincial Health Minister, Timur Saleem Jhagra and concerned officials of the Health Department attended the meeting.
Briefing the meeting about the projects and initiatives launched to improve the health service delivery in primary, secondary and tertiary care health outlets across the province and to strengthen the primary health care centers in the province, it was told that a mega scheme was underway to strengthen all the Basic Health Units (BHUs) of the province and to run 200 BHUs 24/7.
Similarly, a project is also underway for the rehabilitation of all Rural Health Centres (RHCs) across the province and to run 50 RHCs 24/7.
It was informed that these initiatives aimed at improving primary health care by good physical outlook, regular staff presence, availability of essential medicines, critical equipment.
