The KP Health Department approved an agreement to establish well-equipped Indus Hospital in Peshawar city at confluence of GT Road and Ring Road where every patient will be given quality treatment free of cost and even free medicines will be provided to them under the new agreement. Land for the hospital will now be provided on the pattern of Shoukat Khanam Hospital instead of lease as agreed previously.
Besides catering treatment facilities in all disciplines and diseases, research activities will also be carried out in all sections in the hospital wherein the government and people will be intimated of the health hazards challenges and precautionary measures in health sector.
KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak held a meeting with the delegation of the hospital administration led by philanthropist Mohd Atif and EO Sohaib Sethi in this regard at CM House Peshawar that reviewed the progress so far made in the matter.
Secretary Health Mushtaq Jadoon and other authorities concerned were present on the occasion. The chief minister agreed with the accord in principle saying that its formal approval will be given in the provincial cabinet meeting to be held soon. It is worth mentioning that provincial govt wanted to grant to land for hospital on lease but the hospital administration was insisting to sell it out on reasonable rate on the pattern of the Sindh government and that of KP government given to SKMH wherein the health department gave favourable remarks at last.
Atif Haleem, who is also an executive member of PCSOTXI, exchanged views with the chief minister on Insaf Employment Scheme under which Motorcycle taxi program will be launched for jobless youth in the province on pattern of developed and developing countries including China, UK, Indonesia and Thailand.
It will be a quick transport scheme that would also reduce traffic congestion of big taxies and rickshaws on roads.
The SMEDA and the World Bank have agreed to extend soft loans to KP banks for the purpose. The Chief Minister was told that soonafter provision of the land construction work will be started while the hospital after completion will be operated by the administration of Indus chain of hospitals.
Indus Hospital administration said that design for the hospital has been prepared and construction will be started as soon as the required land and NOC for it is provided that will be completed within one and half years.
The chief minister had asked the health department authorities to ink formal agreement with the hospital administration for obtaining guarantee of providing free services to all the visiting patients and taking the hospital back in government custody if complaints of charging fees from any patient received.
The Chief Minister reiterated his directions for frequented visits and inspections of hospitals in all over the province by the minister, secretaries and senior officers of health department. He underlined the need to visit health centres to check its quality of services and punctuality of staff. He further asked for obeying the discipline of wearing identical uniform and name badges by the doctors and paramedical staff to let the patients know who were serving them.
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