ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the government was determined to provide state of the art free healthcare facilities to the deserving patients from across the country.
Addressing a groundbreaking ceremony of Jinnah Medical Complex here, the prime minister said the Complex was going to be the region’s one of the best medical center where the deserving people would get 100% free medical treatment.
“This is the gift of the coalition government not only for the residents of the Rawalpindi and Islamabad but for the people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and GilgitBaltistan as well,” PM Shehbaz Sharif said.
He said once completed, the medical complex would offer the world’s best healthcare facilities with various sections of diseases related to heart, kidneys, lungs, cancer and others. Furthermore, he said a modern first aid emergency section would also be established at the hospital with facility of air ambulance service for patients belonging to hard areas.
He said the nursing schools and laboratories would also be established in the hospital and the deserving patients would avail 100% lab tests facility.
The prime minister emphasized that this was the same model envisioned by PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to provide free medical facilities only to the poor and on-payment facilities to the well-off people at the same place.
He specifically thanked Chairman HBL Sultan Ali Allana and Prince Rahim Agha Khan for providing technical consultancy support free of cost for the project. He paid tribute the decades-long services of the Agha Khan Foundation for the country.
He directed the authorities concerned to complete the project in one year. “Although one year is a challenging deadline for the huge project but with determination and hard work, it was quite possible. He also issued directives to continue work on the project round the clock to meet the deadline. He assured that there would be no funding problems from the government side.
PM Shehbaz Sharif also express his gratitude to the Islamabad Chief Commissioner Ali Randhawa for providing land for the project. He also thanked finance minister, finance secretary and planning minister for their support for the project.
As regards compensation to the land affected people, the prime minister directed to provide one window facility to the affected people to resolve their problems without any delay. Health Coordinator DrMukhtar Ahmed, MNAs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, HanifAbbasi and Raja Khurrum Nawaz also spoke on the occasion. Minister for Information and Broadcasting AttaullahTarar was also present on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, appreciating the Pakistani women for rendering valuable services in every field, said that the government was determined to provide equal opportunities to all talented women across the country.
He was talking to the globally acclaimed Pakistani mountaineer NailaKiyani who called on him at the PM House.The prime minister said providing facilities to the women in various sectors including information technology, education, professional training, sports and other sectors was part of the government’s top priorities.
The prime minister congratulated Naila on becoming the first Pakistani woman to conquer 11 peaks, above 8,000 meters, calling it a proud moment for Pakistan. He also congratulated NailaKiyani for recently scaling 8,485 meters high fifth-highest peak Mount Makalu.
PM Shehbaz Sharif also commended her work as an honorary ambassador for education and her efforts to promote professional training in the field of mountaineering. NailaKiyani thanked the prime minister for his focus on women’s development and presented proposals for specialized training and vocational education in the mountaineering sector.
The prime minister directed relevant authorities to develop a comprehensive plan to implement these suggestions. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting AttaullahTarar, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change RominaKhurshidAlam, Chairman PM’s Youth Program RanaMashhood Ahmad Khan, and other relevant high-ranking officials.
