More mobile health units for remote districts soon

LAHORE
Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, more Mobile Health Units of one billion rupees are being purchased during the current year for providing treatment facilities to the people of remote districts of the province at their doorstep.
He expressed these views while addressing a pre-bid seminar regarding purchase of the Mobile Health Units at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, according to a handout issued on Saturday. Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik, Director General Health Dr. Zahid Pervaiz, Chief Planning Officer (CPO) Abdul Haq Bhatti, Members of Technical Committee Director General PCSIR Dr. Shahzad, Dr. Asif of University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Dr. Jahangir Akhtar, Engineer Muhammad Ali, and representatives of firms having interest in provision of Mobile Health Units were also present.
Technical committee informed the representatives of firms regarding technical qualification of the Mobile Health Units at the seminar.
Kh. Salman Rafique said that Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif had directed that the Mobile Health Units should be durable and of high quality and have the ability to bear weather conditions and long journey and could provide facilities of service delivery effectively. He said the Mobile Health Units were providing best services for the last many years in six districts of the province and in the light of successful experience more Mobile Health Units were being purchased. He said it would be kept in view that the new Mobile Health Units with high quality medical equipments should be durable and of high quality like those purchased earlier which could provide service to the people for long period.
Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik and DG Health Dr. Zahid Pervaiz said that in the light of Chief Minister’s directions, quality would be kept in view during the purchase of the units.