Punjab government has earmarked Rs 12 billion for setting up ultra modern emergency wards in 10 district headquarters of the Punjab. Under the programme medical facilities and CT Scan and MRI services would be made available in these emergency wards while the patients would also be able to get diagnostic facilities under one roof. The work on the project would soon be carried out.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday that the step was being taken for mitigating the travelling problems confronted by the patients as well as to ensure standard treatment facilities on their doorstep. In addition to this, the government has decided to establish four medical colleges including Sialkot and initial work on Sialkot medical college had already been undertaken.
The regular functioning of Sialkot medical college would be supportive in curtailing the problems of students, but also reduce the burden of existing medical colleges of the Punjab. The government was also spending Rs 6.5 billion during current fiscal on the provision of free health cover to the masses at tehsil level across the province.
Under the programme improved and modern health facilities would be ensured at tehsil level to facilitate the masses in their respective areas. Apart from this, government was also focusing on medical education with a view to improving doctor- to-patient ratio while nursing education was top on the agenda of the government, the sources said.