Shehbaz Sharif Approves Hepatitis Control Mobile Centers

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Feb, 2017 ) : Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in a meeting held on Sunday reviewed progress on different matters of Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute project and gave nod to set up Hepatitis Control mobile Centers in nine divisions of Punjab.

Presiding over the meeting, the Chief Minister said that Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute was a unique project in the history of the country and with the establishment of this institute kidney and liver patients would be provided modern medical facilities.

The Chief Minister said that there was a plan to establish Hepatitis Clinic on the project site as well and Hepatitis Clinic would be inaugurated very soon where hepatitis patients would be provided quality medical facilities.

The Chief Minister gave approval to establish Hepatitis Control Mobile Centers and instructed to take all immediate steps to establish these centers. The Chief Minister said that Hepatitis Control Mobile Centers would be established in a phased manner and in the first phase Hepatitis Control Mobile Centers would be established in 9 divisions, whereas, the scope of these centers would be spread to each and every district of Punjab but in a phased manner.

The Chief Minister directed to functionalize Human Organ Transplant Authority on priority basis and to take immediate steps to fully activate it.

The Chief Minister said that Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute would be a landmark project in the field of medical science and research and for the provision of quality medical facilities to the patients.

It would be a state of the art institute and would be considered in the top world level best medical institute. Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute is not only for Punjab but for the whole Pakistan and with the establishment of this institute modern medical facilities will be available to kidney and liver patients under one roof.

Like others, this is another state of the art project of the Punjab government, he added. The Chief Minister directed to take immediate steps to select human resource for the project. Provincial Minister for Specialized Healthcare and Medical education Khawaja Salman Rafique, Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education, Secretary Primary and Secondary Health Care, Chief Executive Officer Infrastructure Development Authority Punjab, President Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute board of Governors Dr.

Saeed Akhtar and other authorities concerned attended the meeting.