Secretary Health Punjab Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan has directed the Medical Superintendents of public sector hospitals to take immediate steps to check the energy consumption and use energy savers in place of tube lights apart from switching off unnecessary lights.
He said this while presiding over a meeting to review the performance of District and Tehsil Headquarters Hospitals, Rural Health Centres and progress of development works in District Jhang at his office, here Wednesday. Addl Secretary (Estb) Dawood Muhammad Khan, Addl Secretary (Tech) Mushtaq Sulehria, DG Health Punjab Dr Aslam Chaudhry, DS (Performance Monitoring) Saleha Saeed, EDO Health Multan and Medical Superintendents of the hospitals attended the meeting.
The meeting reviewed in detail the progress of work on various development schemes. Secretary Health directed that all reparable machinery and medical equipment must be got repaired by 31st August. He said that non-repairable machinery should be disposed of through open auction. He further said that he would personally visit the hospitals to review the situation and the stores of hospitals should be empty and no packed machinery should be kept in the stores.
Jehanzeb Khan made observation that since the government was providing free treatment facilities to the patients in public sectors hospitals then it is the responsibility of the administration of these hospitals to motivate the public to benefit from these facilities rather going to private hospitals. He said that social mobilisation is very important for getting positive results. He said that all the facilities related to mother and child healthcare and deliveries were available in the hospitals but the low average of deliveries at government hospitals is the question mark. He said that the provision of health facilities to the patients and their welfare is the first priority of the government.
During the meeting, EDO Health briefed the Secretary regarding the pace of work on different development projects, including up-gradation of Rural Health Centre Ahmad Pur Siyal as THQ hospital, construction of THQ Hospital 18-Hazari Jhang, establishment of Trauma Centre at DHQ Hospital Jhang, construction of THQ Hospital Jhang City, improvement/renovation of DHQ hospital, renovation of female ward of THQ hospital Shor Kot and the upgradation of Gynae Ward. Secretary Health directed that district officers of Health Department should personally supervise the construction work being completed by C&W and Building departments.