Health dept to sign MoU with NADRA for identification of bodies.

LAHORE -- Punjab Health Secretary Dr Ahmed Javed Qazi has said that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to ensure 100 per cent certainty of identification of bodies in the government hospitals.

He chaired a meeting here on Tuesday to review measures for identification of unidentified bodies in the government hospitals. During the meeting, the officers gave briefing to the health secretary.

The secretary said that along with the Health, Police and Home departments were also important stakeholders in identification of the bodies. Identifying any body was primary responsibility of the Police Department, he added.

He said that the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) had designed a software for identifying the dead bodies. After identification of bodies, the local government would start the process of their burial, he added.

The meeting was informed that...