LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved provision of free medical treatment facility to gold medalist workers of the Pakistan Movement and their families in all government-sector hospitals of the province. Complying with the CM’s orders, Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad issued a notification in this regard on Saturday. The Punjab Health Department issued written instructions to all principals of autonomous institutions and medical superintendents of teaching and district headquarter (DHQ) and tehsil headquarter (THQ) hospitals to extend free diagnostic, consultative and treatment facilities to gold medalist workers and their family members.
The health department issued computerised health care cards to each gold medalist and their family members in this regard and directed the MS concerned to maintain complete data base record of each patient in their institution.
