F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan while taking notice of financial issues being faced by Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) of the province, has directed his advisor for health and Chief Secretary to take immediate steps to arrange the required funding for these hospitals on priority basis.
He has said that all kinds of emergency services at MTIs should not be affected in anyway adding that required funds be arranged on priority basis for the purpose so that uninterrupted emergency services are ensured in these hospitals.
He was talking to his advisor on health Dr. Riaz Anwar and Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry who called on him here at Chief Minister’s House on Friday and discussed with him matters related to the financial issues of MTIs.
The Chief Minister said that it was the top most priority of the caretaker provincial government to ensure uninterrupted healthcare facilities to the public, and added that despite financial crunches, the provincial government would make no compromise on the provision of treatment facilities to the masses; and health sector would be given top priority in the allocation of available financial resources. He further directed to work out a feasible plan for the financial sustainability of MTIs in the long run.
KP CM takes notice of MTIs’ issues
