HAFIZABAD: A sum of Rs 20 million has so far been provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) under the Sub-National Governance (S&G) Programme for improving the basic health facilities by making an integrated ambulance system and geographic information system. This was stated by S&G Programme Provincial Team Leader Syed Shoaib Bukhari in a press statement issued on Wednesday. He said that telemedicine project would also be launched, which would facilitate the patients to contact the doctors for diagnoses and prescription of their ailments, while sitting in their homes in remote areas. While discussing the ongoing projects with the DC Muhammad Ali Randhawa, he appreciated the targets so far achieved in transporting the pregnant women to the nearest hospital, real time monitoring and punctuality by the doctors and paramedical staff in the hospitals. The team leader further said that training programme for financial discipline in the departments also achieved encouraging results. The DC assured him that all out efforts were being made for the welfare of masses with the coordination of DFID, which had already shown encouraging results in health, education and other social welfare departments.