Govt paying special attention to health sector: Akhtar Malik.

MULTAN -- :Punjab Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik has said the government was upgrading all hospitals across the province to provide better healthcare facilities to masses.

He said Mukhtar A Sheikh Hospital was a revolutionary step and added that it was a state-of-the-art medical facility in the private sector.

He expressed these views during his visit to the Mukhtar A Sheikh Hospital along with parliamentarians, on the invitation of former district nazim Fasial Mukhtar, here on Sunday.

Dr Akhtar Malik said that the incumbent government was paying special attention to the health sector and added that funds had been earmarked for the purpose in the annual budget. He said that Health Insaf Cards were being provided to deserving people and added that medical treatment facilities would be available to the poor at the best private hospitals through these cards.

Provincial parliamentary secretary...