Minister vows to ensure best healthcare facilities

Punjab Minister for Excise & Taxation Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad said that the Punjab Government had focused its attention on providing best medical health care to the common patients without any discrimination and strict monitoring was being carried out of the Govt. Hospitals and other medical institutions for ensuring prompt medical service delivery and maintaining the standard of medical facilities.

He stated this while inspecting the Children Hospital at Jhang road. MS Dr. Habib Buttar, DMS Dr. Abid, DMS Dr. Fatima and other doctors were also present on the occasion. The Minister inspected emergency ward and interacted with the parents of children under treatment there. He asked about the medical facilities and performance of the hospital. The Minister also checked the record of the emergency medical treatment and the attendance of the staff.

He directed the doctors and para medical staff for immediate checkup of the children came in emergency ward and said that no delay should be reported in providing medical services. He took a detail round of the all sections of the Children Hospital including ICU, diagnostic block and other pediatric wards for inspecting the process of medical treatment. During the inspection of OPD he checked the work of issuing the medical examination slip and providing medicines. He directed the staff for providing swift services to the parents of patient children for avoiding long queue and waiting. The Minister specially reviewed the cleanliness condition and official discipline in the hospital. He expressed his satisfaction over the administrative discipline and medical performance of the Children Hospital.

He asked the hospital management to keep medical services active in all sections. He said that the best performance of the Children Hospital was very important to provide the advance medical treatment to the patient children because they are the future of the nation and govt. was mobilizing all resources for the welfare and healthy life of the children.

Later, talking to the media, Punjab Minister Excise & Taxation Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad said that the necessary funds would be provided in the next financial year for completion of second phase of Children Hospital. He said that the inspections of govt. hospitals and other public service institutions were carried out by the provincial ministers to come up the expectation of the public under the direction of CM Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar.

MS Dr. Habib Buttar informed during briefing that more than 2000 patient children were being checked up at OPD daily and emergency medical services were being provided to more than 400 patients daily in this hospital. He informed that 18 different medical specialties were available for the treatment of children including pediatric neuro surgery, orthopedic, plastic surgery, pediatric cardiac section.