Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, has decided to restore free health care services under Sehat Card plus initiative, from 1st Ramadan, for the cent percent population of the province.
The decision was made in a meeting held here on Thursday with the Chief Minister in the chair. Chief Secretary NadeemAslamChaudhary, Additional Chief Secretary Syed ImtiazHussain Shah, Principal Secretary to CM Amjad Ali Khan, Secretary Health MahmoodAslam, and high ups of State Life Insurance Corporation also attended the meeting. The participants were told that five billion rupees have been released to state life, on the instructions of the chief minister for the restoration of free health care services. The meeting also decided in principle to release Rs. Five billion on monthly basis for the payment of arrears to state Life. The Chief Minister has termed the public welfare as an important priority area of his government, and said that Sehat Card Plus was a project of public importance which would be continued at all costs.
He said that funds for the payment of arrears to state Life, would be provided on priority basis. This is the matter of public health, and there would be no compromise on it ” he remarked and made it clear that necessary reforms would also be introduced in order to ensure transparency in Sehat Card Plus scheme.
