18 medical centres to be set up along highways in Balochistan.

Byline: Saleem Shahid

QUETTA -- A meeting of the Balochistan cabinet approved setting up of 18 Medical Emergency Response Centres (MERCs) along the highways in the province immediately.

The meeting, presided over by Chief Minster Jam Kamal Khan Alyani, was told that seven MERCs had already been set up at different places and 18 others would soon be Aestablished in view of growing traffic accidents on different highways.

Official sources told Dawn that the entire project would cost the Balochistan government around Rs4 billion and it would be completed in two years. The cabinet also approved funds for the project.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that his government would ensure top quality medical facilities for the masses across the province.

The cabinet also allowed government doctors to run their private practice in OPDs of government-run hospitals.

Doctors would be paid...