Sehat Sahulat Card program scale being enhanced after inclusion of health insurance: Yasmin Rashid.

LAHORE -- Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid Friday said the scale and scope of Sehat Sahulat Card program was being enhanced to include Health Insurance for every household in Sahiwal and Dera Ghazi Khan Divisions within the current fiscal year.

She said while chairing a meeting of Punjab Health Initiatives Management Company (PHIMC) at the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P and SHD) that two divisions were selected for this phase due to large rural population and socio-economic inequalities.

"The step will be vital and effective in achieving the target of universal health coverage (UHC) in the province", Health Minister said, adding that "the province is formally moving to the next phase in which UHC would be provided to all...