Govt Introduces Uniform Health Services Packages For Citizens: Dr Nadeem

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Islamabad: In a bid to strengthen primary and secondary level health facilities, the government is introducing a project to provide ‘uniform health services packages for citizens’ where over 500 nationwide primary health centre (PHC) hospitals’ upgrades have started.

In an interview with a private news channel, Ministry of Health Caretaker Federal Minister Dr Nadeem Jan said that the renovated emergency rooms, intensive care units and other modern health facilities for patients in various hospitals will be inaugurated in January 2024.

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The hospital is being upgraded to provide high-quality care to patients, especially the underprivileged, Dr Jan added.

With the upgrade of the primary health care system, we will strengthen and overcome the burden of patients in the major hospitals, he added.

Minister further said that the main purpose of upgrading these community centres is to ensure that the public receives basic health care at their doorstep. This will also restore public confidence in public health facilities

Moreover, community awareness drives for patients to avail quality services will also be part of this project.

We are trying our best to come up with a universal health insurance scheme after consultations with the provinces.