Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has said that the provincial government was initiating reforms for improving the health care delivery system for the people and bringing the existing hospitals of province at par with the international ones.
This, he said while talking to the representatives of doctors and media men about reforms agenda of the provincial government. Secretary health, D.G health and senior professors were also present on the occasion.
Representatives of the doctors and media men pinpointed out problems faced by people in health sectors and put forth suggestions to overcome it.
The CM told the media that their govt had given autonomy to teaching hospitals of the province to improve health care delivery system while steps were underway to standardize DHQ and THQ hospitals, which would take two years.
He informed the participants that incentive package of Rs. 3.3 billion for all cadres of doctors on the basis of attractive / non-attractive specialties and geographical locations had been announced in the province to ensure availability of doctors in the hospitals.
He added that apart from appointment of 321 medical officers on adhoc basis, recruitment of 875 nurses had been made to ensure presence of nursing staff in health facility. Similarly, he said that beside upgrading all paramedics from BS-9 to 12, BS-12 to 14 and BS-14 to 16, 1000 LHWs and more than 250 CMWs were recruited.
Khattak added that requisition of 368 district specialists had been sent to public service commission. Similarly he said that improvement of the service rules for district specialist and revisions of standard of staffing for all categories of hospitals were in process while adhoc doctors had been regularized.
The chief minister concluded that creation of Primary Care Management Committee (PCMC) for primary care facilities and Hospital Management Board (HMB) for secondary care facilities were also in process. He informed that creations of posts for 3700 MOs and dental surgeons and 163 health managers had been approved to ensure presence of doctors in all categories of hospitals.
