Dr Javaid stresses modern technology use in health sector.

LAHORE -- Punjab Caretaker Health Minister Dr Javaid Akram has said that the use of modern technology in the health sector is need of the hour, and online treatment facility is being introduced in the provincial capital.

He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of modern virtual hospital technolAogy at the annual conference of The Health Bank (THB) Global at the PakAistan Society of Internal Medicine, here on Thursday. He said THB GlobAal had improved health sector in the country and the development projAects announced in the sector were commendable. The Punjab health minister said that among the develAopment projects announced by the THB Global for the country and the region was a modern virtual hospital that would provide its patients with personalised care both at home and online. Zarmina Jafar, chief executive of THB Global, said in her address that after Singapore, Dubai, Karachi, Kuwait City, now the THB Global's offices at Lahore was dedicated to helping people at their homes. She said that...