Govt giving special attention to health sector as per vision of Prime Minister: Health Minister
Minister for Health Aamir Mehmood Kiyani says government is giving special attention to health sector as per vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Point News / NNI - 06th March, 2019) Minister for Health Aamir Mehmood Kiyani says government is giving special attention to health sector as per vision of the Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Addressing a ceremony in connection with start of screening for hepatitis patients in slums of Islamabad on Wednesday, he said the people living in slums will be screened for diseases of Hepatitis and Tuberculosis free of charge.
In this context health minister visited special free camp established by the Ministry of Health. Our Government is cognizant of the risk posed to health of people by hepatitis C and TB including infectious diseases when these diseases effect to poor people they are pushed into further poverty.
Present Government is committed to poverty alleviation and focus of our vision in health sector is the poor segment of society, the Minister said.The Minister said Ministry has already inaugurated a Model Center for Infectious Diseases Control in Islamabad Capital Tertiary (ICT) on March 02, 2019.
The center is called a model center because it will be dedicated for the screening, testing and treatment of hepatitis c patients with integration of other infectious diseases like Tuberculosis (TB).
The center has been established in Federal Government's Civil Surgeon Dispensary G-7/3. The Minister said it will be an innovative center because for the first time the underserved population (of almost 100,000 individuals) living in the slums of ICT will be screened for Hepatitis C and TB at their doorstep and those found positive for hepatitis c and TB will be referred to this center of free of cost testing, treatment and follow up.
The center is equipped with the latest diagnostic machines like GeneXpert and medicines which have more than 95% cure rates with almost no side effects. The idea is to provide good quality testing, treatment and free Health services to the patients under one roof.
The Minister said our Government has launched the sehath Saholat Programme under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan which will ensure quality free health services to the masses. The Minister said there is special focus on Islamabad to make it a model city for health.
In this context, Rural Health Centers and Basic Health Units are being revamped to provide quality services to the residents. NNI