The meeting of Board of Directors of Punjab Health Foundation (PHF) held on Thursday in the Committee Room of PHF. Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Kh. Salman Rafique chaired the meeting in which important decisions made. MD PHF Dr. Sohail Saqlain briefed the meeting on different issues. He informed that online system for receiving loan applications from the doctors has been evolved with the help of Punjab Information Technology Board. He informed that doctors desirous to get loan have no need to visit PHF office for this purpose and they can easily download the proforma from the website of PHF and submit it after completion the formalities. He disclosed that there is an online tracking system through which the applicant can pursue and update himself about his case till the release of interest free loan. The Board of Directors granted approval to issue interest free loans upto Rs. ten million for setting up hospital to the private sector’s doctors. However, this loan would be issued on mortgage condition whereas loan of Rs. 2 to 7 lakh will be granted on social collateral basis. The meeting entrusted the issue of regularization of daily wages of PHF who are working for the many years to the financial and technical committee to prepare recommendations in this regard. These recommendations would be put up in the next meeting of BoDs of Punjab Health Foundation.
