Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman has said that the present coalition regime has given highest priority to health & education and the provincial health and education budget has been remarkably increased and additional resources have been provided to accelerate the efforts for prompt achievement of Millennium Development Goal (MDGs). He said that 95% of discretionary funds are being used for the treatment of under privileged people as well as for grant in aid to the poor people. He said that the budget allocated for education Rs.310.20 billion which is 27 percent of total expenditures whereas the budget allocated for health Rs.166.13 billon which is 14 percent of total expenditures of the government. He said that four new daanish schools will be set up in less developed areas for the provision of modern education to the talented students of these areas. He said that 990 high schools will be equipped with computer labs, missing facilities will be provided in 7500 schools and 500 new schools will be opened during current fiscal year.
While talking to a delegation of party workers at his residence, Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman said that government has provided Rs.1.41 billion for incentive package to the specialist doctors so that to ensure the specialist doctors at THQs. He said that 700 BHUs have been converted into modern health centers and 24 hours healthcare facilities are being provided at these centers. He said that skilled birth attendants, LHVs and LHWs are being appointed at health centers because the MMR in LHWs covered area is 147/100,000 live births, compared 300 to 350/100,000 to uncovered areas, therefore, the LHWs, LHVs. He said that at present under five mortality rate present is 94/1000 and it will be reduced 45 till 2015(MDGs Target), new born mortality rate is 54/1000 and it would be reduced upto 25 by year 2015, whereas, infant mortality rate is 77/1000 which would be reduced 40 uptill 2015. He told that maternal mortality ratio 350-500/100000 which would be reduced 140 uptill 2015. He told that 20 percent birth deliveries are attended by skilled birth attendant and this ratio would be increased more than 90 percent. He told that health insurance card will be issued so that to provide state of the art healthcare facilities even in private health institutions to the poor card holder patients. He said that Rs.10.82 billion has been reserved for provision of medicines at public sector hospitals. Rs. One billion has been provided for mobile health units in remote areas, concluded.
