Sindh government has earmarked Rs 43.583 billion for health sector in provincial budget for FY 2014-15, which shows 20 percent increase. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah in his budget speech said that non-salary budget was being increased by a substantial 32 percent that will constitute 47 percent of the total current budget for Health.
He said that budget for purchase of drugs and medicines was being increased by 35 percent, for other medical supplies by 166 percent, for maintenance and repair of major hospitals by 600 percent and purchasing oil for generators of hospitals by 70 percent.
The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant (SIUT) will continue to receive a grant of Rs 2 billion from the provincial government. The Indus Hospital will get a grant of Rs 300 million. The grants have also been proposed for the Dialysis and Thalassemia centres operating in various districts of Sindh.
He said the People's Primary Healthcare Initiative programme would have allocation of Rs 2.379 billion in coming financial year. Out of this allocation, Rs 489.30 million is for 458 Mother and Child Health Care Centres and Rs 1.89 billion for management of primary health facilities. An amount of Rs 1.76 billion has also been kept in next year's ADP with a target to increase Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) from 30 percent to 45pc in three years time.
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