QUETTA: Parliamentary Secretary Science and Information Technology, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Rubaba Khan Buledi on Sunday said that about fifteen new Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) centres were being established in flood-affected districts of Naseerabad Division.
The plan to establish two permanent leishmaniasis centres for the treatment of skin diseases is also being implemented, for which the World Health Organization has received full support, there is a need to make effective multi-sectoral measures in the affected areas, she added.
She expressed these views on the occasion of her visit to District Headquarters Hospital Dera Murad Jamali.
On this occasion, Balochistan Awami Party’s central leader Mir Attaullah Khan Buledi and Sardarzada Mir Asadullah Khan Buledi were also present.
During the visit, Dr. Daud Riaz, Regional In-charge of World Health Organization (WHO) Nasirabad briefed the Parliamentary Secretary Science and Information Technology, Law and Parliamentary Affairs about ongoing medical facilities and activities in Naseerabad Division.
Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi said that the scope of medical services should be widened by expanding the medical facilities and activities for the treatment of malaria in the affected areas to all the affected areas so as to ensure the provision of medical assistance to as many victims as possible.
“In this regard, the World Health Organization will be helped in achieving the goals”, she said. Dr. Rubaba Khan Buledi said that special attention would be paid to the health of mothers and children along with general medical facilities in the flood-affected areas, especially for pregnant women and newborns.
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