Private sector urged to extend health, education facilities to poor

The renowned scholar and educationist Professor Qavi Ahmed has appealed the philanthropists and private sector to come forward and participate with government in extending health and education facilities especially to the people of poor class. This he said while delivering his presidential address at biennial general body meeting of district anti TB association Hyderabad here on Monday.
Addressing the gathering, Professor Qavi Ahmed further said that at present government was able to spend only 2.4 percent amount of its total budget on education and 1.6 percent on health sector. Due to its compulsion of national importance it could not meet the demands of the people properly. He said that the individuals and organisations that have earned lot due to independence of this country were morally bound to share with government and people of this country who needed their co-operation.
Lauding the services rendered by district anti TB association for providing free medical facilities to poor people Professor Qavi Ahmed also appealed to the philanthropists to extend their financial help to district anti TB association in completing its project of 100 bed hospital at Latifabad.
Taluka Nazim Latifabad Engineer Sabir Hussain Kaimkhani while addressing the gathering said that the public-private partnership was the policy of successful governments in the world, as such present government was also following this policy from federal to local government level. He said that under this strategy district government Hyderabad was executing many development schemes through Citizens Community Board (CCB) in which government was sharing 80 percent investment with availability of 20 percent from community side.
Dr Abdul Samad Shaikh, president district Anti TB Association Hyderabad in his welcome address and annual report said that his organisation has planed to establish 100 beds hospital at Latifabad and added that work on ground would be started within two to three weeks time. He said that recently Asthma Care Centre has been established, ultrasound machine has been installed, and direct observing treatment (DOT) short course has been launched in TB centre where medical facilities to the paying patients were being provided with nominal charges and free to poor patients.