Provincial Minister for Law, Excise & Taxation and Finance, Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman has said that the present coalition regime has given highest priority to health & education and the provincial health budget has been enhanced by remarkably and additional resources have been provided to accelerate the efforts for prompt achievement of Millennium Development Goal (MDGs), whereas, the major focus on Protecting the Health of people through strengthening of Primary Health Care & Disease Preventive Programmes. 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 priority is being paid to education and health sectors and development budget of current fiscal year is 17 percent more as compared to previous year. He said that the budget allocated for education Rs.274 billion which is 26.25 percent of total expenditures whereas the budget allocated for health Rs.121.80 billon which is 11.66 percent of total expenditures of the government.
While talking to a delegations of party workers at his residence, Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman said that government has provided extra Rs. 2 billion for the control of communicable diseases whereas, government has also increased 19.8% budget for ongoing expenditure for health sector. He said that government has reserved Rs.2 billion to achieve the millennium development goals(MDGs).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 with a cost or Rs.4 billion 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.60 crore has been reserved for dialysis facilities to the poor kidney patients and Rs. One billion has been provided for mobile health units.
