Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday said the roadmap has been prepared to provide modern health facilities to the people. "Resources will be provided on priority basis to improve health facilities; while implementation of reforms in the health sector will be ensured to change the conventional healthcare system so that the common man gets best medical facilities," he said while talking to different delegations at CM office who called on him, here on Saturday.
The CM maintained that the government attaches top priority to the improvement of the public health facilities and the process of reforms in the health sector has been started to improve it as per public wishes. "The provision of the best healthcare facilities at hospitals is the right of all patients and the government will ensure the provision of this right to the people and every necessary measure will be taken to provide standardized medical facilities at public hospitals," he said.
Sardar Usman said the health sector reforms programme will have far-reaching effects on the healthcare system. The purpose of reforms in the health sector is to provide standardized, best and modern health facilities to the people, he added.
"An effective system of the check and balance will be put in place for bringing improvement in the health sector and the public will get benefit of huge amount of funds earmarked for the improvement in the health sector," he said, adding: "We have to work with diligence and determination to provide relief to the distressed humanity." The chief minister said that provision of best health facilities is the right of every person and we will make every possible effort to provide this right to the public.
"We will also ensure the supply of standardized medicines besides the best health facilities. The process of the purchase, distribution and sale of the medicines will be improved on the modern lines," he said. Moreover, the CM has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of lives when a bus fell into a ravine on Forward Kahota Road in the Havili area of Azad Kashmir. He conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed that Allah rest the departed souls in the eternal peace. He also prayed for early recovery of the injured passengers.