‘Gaps in health system to be removed’

Secretary Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education (SH&ME) Najam Ahmad Shah has said multi-dimensional strategy is being adopted to remove the gaps in the healthcare delivery system of the treachery care hospitals and specialised healthcare institutions.

He said improvement in the outpatient departments, emergency departments of the hospitals and special incentives for the doctors would be introduced for which a way forward would be prepared and the tasks have been assigned to the departments concerned. He said this while chairing a meeting in his office on Monday to assess the gaps identified in the healthcare system in the teaching hospitals pointed out during a survey conducted by a special team of the department, according to a handout issued here.

Dr Zahid Pervez briefed the meeting about the healthcare delivery system of the teaching hospitals. During the meeting, various proposals/suggestions were given by the participants for the improvement/enhancement in the facilities for the patients in OPD.