Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday instructed the Ministry of National Health Services to modernise the healthcare institutions under the federal government’s purview and make Islamabad a model in healthcare facilities for the entire country.
The prime minister, chairing a meeting to review the matters about the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination in Islamabad, said that the government was prioritising to ensure access to healthcare facilities across the country, a PM Office press release said.
He asked the health ministry to expedite the work on the Jinnah Medical Complex and Research Centre and start the pre-qualification process for timely procuring the facility’s medical and surgical machinery and equipment.Play Video
“The pre-qualification process should be completed under the supervision of an expert consultant, besides conducting a third-party audit of the construction work and the procurement of machinery and equipment,” he said.
PM Shehbaz also directed to begin the process of approving the charter for the university associated with the Jinnah Medical Complex.
During the briefing on the healthcare facilities in Islamabad, it was told that the Jinnah Medical Complex had been established as a company under Section 42 of the Companies Act. The relevant steering committee has approved the master plan for the Jinnah Medical Complex.
The meeting was told that the recruitment process for the Project Management Unit and Project Implementation Unit of Jinnah Medical Complex has been initiated.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar, Prime Minister’s Coordinator on National Health Dr Malik Mukhtar Ahmed, and other relevant senior government officials.
