The Board of Directors (BoDs) of Punjab Health Foundation (PHF) has accorded the approval to issue interest-free loans up to Rs 10 million for setting up hospitals by the private doctors. However, this loan would be issued on mortgage condition whereas a loan of Rs 200,000 to 700,000 will be granted on social collateral basis. The meeting of the board was held on Thursday with Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Kh Salman Rafique in the chair.
Managing Director PHF Dr Sohail Saqlain informed that online system for receiving loan applications from the doctors has been evolved with the help of Punjab Information Technology Board. Now the doctors desirous to get loans need not to visit PHF office and they can easily download the proforma from the website of PHF and submit it after completion the formalities. There is an online tracking system through which the applicant can pursue and update himself about his case till the release of interest free loan.
Moreover, the cabinet committee constituted by the Chief Minister, which met here on Thursday, deliberated to evolve a comprehensive Health Management Information System (HMIS) in the public sector hospitals for enhancing the performance of the hospitals, provision of medicines, data collection of patients and to monitor the disease pattern for future planning. Salman Rafique directed that all the stakeholders of the committee should prepare working paper and recommendations as per TORs of the committee for presentation in the next meeting.