CM’s Mujahid Razakar Force will be formed for corona patients: Yasmin

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has announced that the province will set up a force of volunteers, the chief minister’s Mujahid Razakar Force, which will support the government in looking after the corona patients and ensuring smooth supply of medicines to them.

The minister made the announcement Friday while chairing a meeting at the Committee Room of the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department. The meeting was attended by Special Secretary Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department Ajmal Bhatti, Special Secretary SHME Silwat Saeed, Additional Secretary Technical PSH Department Dr Asim Altaf, Additional Secretary Technical SHME Dr Salman Shahid, Fatima Jinnah Medical University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Amir Zaman Khan, Mian Zahid, Mian Abdur Razzaq, Dr Khalid Mahmood and other officers of the two departments. Under the new initiative, a helpline will be set up for the voluntary workforce and induction of staff will be conducted through the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department.

Dr Yasmin Rashid said: “On directions from Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, we have started the hiring process of doctors on urgent basis to meet any shortage in the wake of coronavirus emergency.

We are utilising all available resources to control and combat corona and additional resources are being diverted to meet the emergency.