Faisalabad: Provincial Health Minister, Khawaja Salman Rafique has said the Punjab government is committed to making the government hospitals built with public taxes, the best treatment centers. A uniform policy is being chalked out to resolve the issues of medical colleges in the province. He was addressing the 17th syndicate meeting of Faisalabad Medical University (FMU) held here on Monday.
The minister said that management of all medical colleges in the province had been directed to promote quality research. No compromise would be made on the supply of medicines in government hospitals, he said, adding that necessary instructions have been issued to medical colleges to hold syndicate meetings regularly so that issues of government hospitals could be resolved timely. The meeting was attended by Member of Punjab Assembly Arif Gil, Vice-Chancellor Faisalabad Medical University Prof Dr. Zafar Chaudhry, Director Budget and Accounts Hammad Al-Rabb, MS Allied Hospital-I Dr. Faheem Yousuf and officers of other departments and syndicate members.
The meeting approved the minutes of the 16th syndicate meeting of Faisalabad Medical University. The approval was granted for repair and maintenance of medical and lab equipment of Allied Hospital-I. The meeting also granted approval of funds for the purchase of 630 and 400 KVA transformers for Allied Hospital-II, construction of a waiting area for a new medical emergency at Allied Hospital-II, establishing PAEDS emergency in front of the medical emergency of Allied Hospital-II. The syndicate meeting also allowed Faisalabad Medical University to start PhD programs as well as Chinese language and Integrated Nutrition in Clinical Care courses. The meeting approved to start MS in a 2-year / 4-year nursing degree program also.