Daily Times

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has announced Women Health Care Hospital with the capacity of 500 beds at Peshawar to decrease the ratio of maternity health care in the province.

He announce while addressing International Obstetricians and Gynecologist Conference here in a local hotel at Peshawar on Friday.

Chairman PTI said mostly women die during pregnancy in Pakistan and the ratio of MMR and NMR are very high in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, adding that there is a dire need of gyne separate hospital for women where all facility will be available for the patients.

He informed that 93 % revenue of KP were from federal government although fund issue for the hospital will be face by the KP government but he will try his best to generate all fund for this hospital as the people of the province has dire need of it.

He added and appreciate the KP Government for legislation and Health Insaf Card , adding that 51% population will take benefit from it and all health facilities they will provided free of cost in hospitals, adding that in the next year hopefully the KP Government will extend this project across the province to cover all populations.

He informed that PTI first priority is to merit and reforms in institution and make good governance, adding that a doctor will not work until he is not provided good governance and good environment of work.

Imran Khan said that KP Government made MTI act for the first time in the history of Pakistan and all hospitals were made autonomous , adding that now there will be no political recruitment in any government department in KP.

“Around 34000 children were shifted from Private Schools to government schools which are big achievements of the KP government and it was call change”, PTI Chairman added. About the Panama Case in Supreme Court he added that soon the case result will be in favor of Pakistani people and the corrupt mafia will face the action, adding and claim that the next government PTI will be in the government.

Earlier Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Perveez Khattak said and criticized the previous government, adding that after PTI government they were passed more than 200 legislations from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

He further said that according to the survey of KP government around 30 to 40 % senior professor and doctors were given only one hour duty in the hospital and same was the case with the teachers but now after check and balance all the department were performing their duties well.

He further said that now the doctors are bound to spend at least seven hours duties in the hospital, adding that the PTI government recruited around 9464 doctors and nurses staff in the hospital and those working in remote and district areas their salaries will be made according to the international standard.

He informed that earlier the equipment were non-functional in all government hospital but now the provincial government made all equipment functional and has made revolutionary steps in health care system, adding and announce that 500 bed hospital for women healthcare will be established soon as in the next budget it will be announce.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister for Health Shahram Khan Tarkai said in the Insaf Health Card around 51 % people will get free treatment while eighteen lack families will get free treatment from public and private hospitals.

He informed that around ten thousand people get their treatment from the card while around 9000 doctors were recruited in last three years in different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, adding that around 14000 people in health sector were made regularized.