Govt to distribute 10 mln health cards by 2020.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Dr Zafar Mirza on Saturday said the government would be distributing 10 million health cards among the deserving citizens by 2020.

Over 5 million Sehat Insaf cards had already been distributed among the poor and destitute people, he said while addressing a seminar on prevention of diabetes related blindness here.

He said the government was also ensuring the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Sehat Sahulat Programme.

The special assistant said the government was focusing to improve primary healthcare system across the country, adding the provision of better health facilities to every citizen was the top priority of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Over 50 per cent population of the country was living below the poverty line, he regretted and pointed out that some 0.9 per cent people in Pakistan were suffering from blindness.

The government, he said, had initiated 'Ehsas...

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