PM Shehbaz reiterates the commitment to transform Pakistan’s healthcare sector at all levels

ISLAMABAD, April 07 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has renewed the commitment of the Government of Pakistan to provide and ensure health facilities for all of our population.

This was stated by PM Shehbaz Sharif in his message on the occasion of the World Health Day 2024. PM Shehbaz Sharif said that “On this World Health Day 2024, I renew the commitment of the Government of Pakistan to provide and ensure health facilities for all of our population. This year’s theme “My health, my right” aptly encapsulates every citizen’s right to quality health services, he said.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that in order to ensure health for all and as promised to the nation in the PMLN manifesto, our focus would remain on improving primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare, medical education, preventive healthcare and improved governance. We will partner and encourage provincial governments to expand and upgrade health facilities, launch mobile health clinics for enhanced access, re-energize immunization and improve mental health services. The establishment and operationalization of Medical City, establishment of Cancer Care Hospital and establishment of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute facilities in each province remains our key priority, he said.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that we take pride in having launched the Health Card during PML-N’s 2013-18 tenure. We remain committed to universal health coverage and universal health insurance for our population, particularly providing free-of-cost healthcare services to low and middle-income families, he said.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that “On this World Health Day, I applaud the services of our health professionals, paramedical staff, nurses, and other health workers who selflessly work day and night to provide health services to the nation. Towards our destination of a healthier nation, I once again reiterate the commitment to transform Pakistan’s healthcare sector at all levels that will ensure that each and every Pakistani has access to quality healthcare”.