LAHORE: The third meeting of the sub-committee of the working group of health insurance which met with the provincial health ministers Khawaja Salman Rafique and Khawaja Imran Nazirin the chair, reviewed the reforms in health insurance scheme.

In the meeting, Secretary Health Punjab Ali Jan Khan, Special Secretary Development Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Vice Chancellor University of Child Health Sciences Professor Dr. Masood Sadiq, CEO Punjab Health Initiative Management Company Dr. Ali Razzaq, Professor Muhammad Ali Ayaz Sadiq, Principal Services Institute of Medical Sciences Prof. Zohra Khanum, Principal General Hospital Lahore Prof. Sardar Al Farid Zafar and Dr. Zahid Parvez participated. Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University Prof. Mahmood Ayaz and Principal Bahawalpur Medical College Prof. Dr. Sophia Farrukh participated and gave valuable suggestions and opinions on health insurance. The final suggestions and opinions of the experts regarding Universal Health Insurance will be submitted to Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif.

Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said, "We are trying to make the health insurance program beneficial for the people. We have to fix the flaws in the health insurance program. We are trying our best to increase the capacity of government hospitals. We are trying to improve the financial model of the health insurance program."

Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir said on this occasion that the rates will be revised in the universal health insurance program. We want to promote private practice in government hospitals, he added.

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