- Monitoring centres to be established in hospitals across Punjab
- Cabinet committee for health to become more autonomous
- Rescue 1122 to take charge of health department’s ambulances
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday presided over a meeting to review up-gradation of Tehsil and District Headquarters hospitals, revamp of emergencies and enhanced treatment facilities.
Punjab Minister Salman Rafique, the chief secretary, additional chief secretary, senior member Board of Revenue, secretary (Finance), Specialised Healthcare secretary, King Edward Medical University vice-chancellor and the authorities concerned attended the meeting while the Planning and Development chairman joined the meeting from his office through video-link.
The Primary and Secondary Health secretary briefed the meeting about the policy formulated for the provision of quality treatment in emergencies of Tehsil and District HQs hospitals.
It was decided in the meeting that the emergencies of 125 Tehsil and District Headquarters Hospitals would be upgraded till March 2018.
Addressing the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif said that the up-gradation of emergencies would deliver better medical facilities to the patients and an autonomous department would be set up to look into their matters.
In the first phase, emergencies of 40 THQ and DHQ Hospitals would be upgraded by June 2017.
The chief minister said that the machineries and equipment would be out-sourced just like the CT-scan machines and to be operated by the same companies, and in order to ensure quality treatment to the patients, the government would provide resources for the up-gradation of emergencies and the latest systems would be introduced in this regard.
The CM sought detailed policy plan from the health department for the provision of additional allowances to the doctors and staff working in evening and night shifts.
The CM said, “We have to achieve best result in less time for which every one of us have to perform extraordinarily”.
Shehbaz Sharif said that the treatment in hospitals could be improved by providing all the necessary machinery and the equipment to emergencies and monitoring centre should be established to ensure the provision of quality treatment to the patients.
Shehbaz Sharif said that the government has been facing many challenges but every possible step would be taken for the provision of medical facilities to a common man.
Sharif said that the cabinet committee for health would be made more independent and accorded the approval for hiring of more nurses and professionals in hospitals, and in order to improve ambulance system in hospitals, ambulances of health department would be handed over to Rescue 1122, he added.
Sharif further said that the plan of new mobile ambulances for newly set mobile hospital is under consideration to facilitate the patients of remote areas.
The CM directed to take prompt steps for the public-private partnership of hospitals.
