Minister orders timely completion of PIC emergency block

LAHORE: Caretaker Provincial Health Minister Prof Dr Javed Akram paid a detailed visit to Punjab Institute of Cardiology on Thursday and presided over an important meeting.

Dr Javed also visited the patients and inquired about the quality of medical facilities. 

He rejected the request to complete the emergency block of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology on January 31 instead of Dec 31 and ordered the completion of the project on time. The minister said that administration of PIC has been instructed to complete the emergency in three shifts at the appointed time. PIC will be made paperless with the help of the Punjab Information Technology Board, he added. A meeting of the PIC board will be called immediately to approve the 19 agendas discussed today. Strict notice taken of the delay in the treatment of patients in the emergency of PIC and the administration has been ordered to take necessary steps. Dr Javed directed to arrange a pacemaker immediately for a patient admitted in emergency. No patient should face any difficulty in PIC. Secretary Health Punjab Ali Jan Khan, Chairman Board of Management Prof Dr Farqad Alamgir, Executive Director Prof Dr Anjam Jalal, MS PIC Dr. Syed Mohsin Ali Shah, Director of Finance and other officers participated on this occasion.