LAHORE, May 02 (Online): Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has directed chief secretary Punjab to evolve complete strategy to make the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) financially autonomous and present report thereof within three days.
“ the cleanliness system be outsourced if need be in order to bring cleanliness at par with international system, he said this while chairing a review meeting of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) in Lahore Monday.
Khawaja Salman Rafique, Khawaja Imran Nazir, Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal, Punjab Health Secretary and other officials of PKLI attended the meeting.
On this occasion, Prime Minister was given a detailed briefing on administrative matters of PKLI.
It was informed that in last year two hundred and ninety kidney transplants and one hundred and ninety liver transplants were done out of which only seventeen percent of these patients were received free treatment. He was also apprised about progress on nursing project.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister said that existing facilities, being provided to the patients in PKLI are unsatisfactory.
He said that the purpose of PKLI was to provide free transplant facilities to the poor and needy people of the country, so that they do not have to go to other countries for treatment at hafety cost. He said that patient should not be deprived of treatment for financial reasons.
Shahbaz Sharif said that the poor of the country have problems in accessing quality healthcare facilities and provision of free world class facilities to them is the top priority of the incumbent government.
He also lamented the negligence in the completion of the PKLI project.
He directed to make Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) a trust.
Nursing university project be completed as soon as possible.
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