Policy to be formulated for medical machinery donation.

LAHORE -- Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman has directed the development wing to start work on formulation of policy regarding donation of medical machinery to the department.

He said the policy would formulate a delicate balance between foreign and local medical machinery donors. "In absence of a donation policy, donors usually manipulate and donate machinery to their favourite areas which widensthe gaps in providing health facilities," the secretary said.

A rationalization policy across Punjab would be devised in DHQs and THQs. "After the policy formulation, the issue of lack of machinery, which in fact was...