Lahore: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar recently revealed that the federal government may follow the model of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to ensure the provision of advanced health services in the country, according to news sources.
While attending the launch of an overseas job creation portal at the Governor House, he said that the General Practitioner (GP) system in the UK should be adopted to provide medical treatment in remote areas of the province. He also informed that shortly, the GP system would be employed as a pilot project in one of the union councils (UCs) of Lahore.
“A doctor as a GP is connected to people in a community, examines patients and is well aware of their ailments and is paid for his services as per the patient ratio. This practice checks flow of patients to big cities without need”, the governor added.
Moreover, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed between AFCO Private Limited, the Pakistan government and MMC Health Care Limited UK to grant jobs to allied healthcare staff and Pakistani doctors in the UK following Brexit. Pakistani doctors already form the bulk of individuals currently employed by the UK’s NHS.
The
Governor reiterated that the provision of healthcare at the grassroots level is
the main priority of Prime Minister Imran Khan, and that the meeting of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rests on the social development of the
country. Similarly, he maintained that the aforementioned MoU would help
socio-economic development in both the UK and Pakistan, and would also help the
latter improve its foreign exchange situation.
