Provincial Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Kh.Salman Rafique chaired a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Health Sector Reforms on Wednesday at Civil Secretariat, today. Minister for Population Welfare Begum Zakia Shahnawaz, Minister for Social Welfare Syed Haroon Sultan, Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Najam Ahmed Shah, Secretary Primary & Secondary Health Ali Jan Khan, Vice Chancellor King Edward Medical University Prof. Faisal Masood, Member Health P&D Dr. Shabana Haider, Special Secretary Health Dr. Sajid Mahmood Chauhan, Additional Secretary Health Development Musarat Jabeen, Chief Planning Officer Abdul Haq Bhatti, Dr. Naeem ud Din Mian and the officers of Finance and other departments attended the meeting. Secretary Specialized Healthcare Najam Ahmed Shah apprised the meeting of the completed development projects and requested the Minister to approach the Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for seeking suitable time for inauguration of the completed projects. The meeting agreed with the recommendation of Secretary Primary & Secondary Health Ali Jan Khan and gave approval for offering special pay package to the MOs /WMOs recruited on contract basis for the remote hospitals according to the distance. Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Kh.Salman Rafique approved recruitment of cardiologists for DHQ Hospital Vehari and Orthopedic Surgeon and Ophthalmologist for THQ Hospital Daska. Deliberation were made in the meeting regarding the administrative matters, recruitments of staff, and development scheme of tertiary as well as secondary and primary hospitals. Najam Ahmed Shah informed the meeting that another 2100 nurses are being recruited to meet the requirements of the hospitals. He said that a requisition of the nurses is being sent to Punjab Public Service Commission. Secretary Health further said that two months back four thousand nurses were recruited which have been posted in different hospitals. He informed that on the direction of Chief Minister, clinical pharmacy initiative is being taken in the hospitals.
