ISLAMABAD, Jan 28 (APP): Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal, Wednesday, said that the Prime Minister Sehat Card has been launched in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), enabling all permanent residents to avail free healthcare facilities.
The minister made these remarks during a meeting with the Gilgit-Baltistan Provincial Health Minister and Information Minister, where challenges faced by ongoing health projects in Gilgit-Baltistan were discussed.
Mustafa Kamal said that the Federal government is utilizing all available resources to improve healthcare services there, adding that there is a need to enhance the quality of services at hospitals enlisted under the Sehat Card programme.
“I will soon visit these areas to personally review the healthcare facilities being provided under the Health Card,” the minister said, adding that the federal government has also provided three vehicles to Gilgit-Baltistan to support health services.
The Gilgit-Baltistan ministers expressed their gratitude to the federal health minister for extending the Prime Minister Sehat Card facilities.