Dr. Javed Akram participated in the inter-provincial ministerial meeting chaired

Lahore  : The caretaker provincial health minister Professor Dr. Javed Akram participated in the inter-provincial ministerial meeting chaired by federal health minister Dr. Nadeem Jan through a video link conference in the Department of Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education. Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Dr. Jamal Nasir, Sindh Health Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister and other officers also participated. A detailed review was done.

Caretaker Provincial Health Minister Professor Dr. Javed Akram said that the initiative of Federal Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan to organize a meeting of inter-provincial health ministers for the improvement of the health sector is very welcome. Diabetes has become a rapidly spreading disease in Pakistan. A special task force should be formed to control the disease of diabetes in Pakistan. Thousands more dialysis machines are needed due to the increasing rate of diabetes in Pakistan. To control diabetes, we have to improve antenatal care.

Provincial Health Minister Professor Dr. Javed Akram further said that under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi, we are creating facilities for patients in government hospitals across the province. Special attention is being given to quality research in the medical universities of Punjab.  More than hundred government hospitals of Punjab are being revamped.