LAHORE: American Consul General Consul Colleen Crenwelge met the Provincial Minister for Health Dr. Yasmeen Rashid at Specialized Healthcare and Medical  Education Department, here on Tuesday.

Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Momin Agha, Political & Economic Officer of American Consul General, Political & Economic Specialist Sadaf Saad and  Mian Zahid were also present on this occasion.

Matters regarding the provision of better healthcare facilities to the patients by introducing modern reforms  were discussed. Dr. Yasmeen Rashid and Momin Agha informed  the US diplomat about the various initiatives took for  providing better healthcare facilities at Public hospitals  in Punjab.

Dr. Yasmeen Rashid said that state-of-the-art hospitals were being constructed in various districts of Punjab. She  said the Punjab government was struggling to provide the  best healthcare facilities for eradicating referral system  in public sector hospitals. She said that under the vision  of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Punjab government was determined  to make government hospitals a better treatment place for  the patients.

The Minister thanked the US government for its cooperation in various sectors. US Consul General lauded the efforts of Dr. Yasmeen Rashid for providing facilities to the patients  in public sector hospitals.