Govt to initiate reforms in specialised healthcare.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday decided to initiate strategic research and development reforms in specialised healthcare.

Head of Prime Minister's Strategic Reforms Unit Salman Sufi, in a press statement on Sunday, said these reforms would include assisting and enhancing the number of entities for the local development of specialised equipment for cerebral palsy, prosthetics and assistive devices.

Moreover, specialised music-based learning for patients with cognitive impairment would be introduced, he added.

Under the said reforms, the low-cost special wheel chairs and other assistive material would be locally manufactured, so that these required items could be easily available to ordinary citizens.

The government would also take steps to provide subsidy on these items, Mr Sufi added.

Earlier, the PM announced the launch of a national initiative to impart life-saving...