ISLAMABAD: Health insurance card covering the entire population of the country will be launched next month.
This was stated by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan while addressing a ceremony at the under-construction Mother and Child Hospital in Rawalpindi today.
He said the hospital will provide a state-of-the-art neo-natal intensive care unit, MRI and other diagnostic facilities to people under one roof.
Earlier, the Special Assistant had said the health card project will help people bear the burden of medical expenditures. He said it is a reflection of service delivery on part of the government for the people.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Wednesday reiterated that local research and innovation in the area of healthcare is the need of the hour to ‘guide our actions’ and this can only be done by producing an educated, trained and qualified workforce for health services in the country.
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“There is a need for highly trained and qualified people to conduct local research and find out if the global solutions would work locally or not. Of course, they would be following global research but it has to be adopted as per our needs and requirements,” Dr Faisal Sultan said while speaking at the launch of courses of entomology, nutrition, ORIC at the Health Services Academy of Islamabad.
