21 FGH temporary doctors to go regular in coming weeks: Mirza.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Zafar Mirza Thursday said the 21 doctors working on contract basis at Federal Government Hospital (FGH) would be regularized in the coming weeks.

The principle agreement of the authorities concerned was made on this issue whereas the implementation of the decision would be initiated soon, he added.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of newly built Outdoor Patients Department (OPD) at the FGH, he said the OPD was earlier in a pathetic situation due to lack of proper rooms and facilities.

'The old OPD under the National Institute of Health (NIG) Allergy Centre had only 7 rooms where the patients, doctors and paramedics were all facing congestion. The new building has three-storey compound with 19 rooms that would be sufficient to deal with the increasing number of patients visiting the hospital,' he added.

Dr Zafar Mirza said this new OPD and upgradation of Basic Health Units (BHUs) was part of the larger vision to provide universal healthcare coverage in the country.

'We are trying to develop a model focusing primary healthcare comprising of BHUs and Rural Health Centres (RHUs) to tackle 60-70 percent complaints and disease burden at the basic level. We are going to set up online database of all public hospitals, BHUs and RHUs operating in the federal capital for detectable and identifiable information of patients' health profile which would support the new system,' Dr Zafar Mirza said.

The ministry, he said was working out the Essential Health Services Package under...

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