Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a high-level meeting in CM’s office, here today, which reviewed the progress on the reforms programme for providing quality healthcare facilities to the people of Punjab. The meeting also reviewed the future strategy regarding the strike of doctors. Chief Minister directed to accelerate the pace of work for improving the healthcare facilities in OPDs, emergencies, Indoor wards of major hospitals of Lahore and said that provision of quality healthcare facilities to the patients is our mission. Every possible resources will be utilized for ensuring the provision of quality healthcare facilities to the patients. He said that first time in the history of province five Mother & Child Healthcare Hospitals are being constructed, in Attock, Bahawalnagar, Mianwali, Layyah and Rajanpur. Work is also being speedily carried out for improving the healthcare facilities in the major hospitals. He said that there is no logic in the strike of doctors. He said that refusing to checkup the patients in hospitals is against the ethics and noble profession of doctors. Such behavior does not suit them. Patients and their attendants suffers a lot due to doctors’ strike. Committee was constituted for the negotiation but it is a matter of great regret that doctors did not come on table. Government is making effort that issue should be resolved through dialogues. The Chief Minister was briefed regarding the progress on the reforms programme for improving the healthcare facilities in hospitals. Provincial Minister Health Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Chief Secretary, Secretary C&W, Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education, Special Secretary Primary and Secondary Health and concerned authorities were present on this occasion.
