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LAHORE:
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has approved the setting up of Punjab Thalassemia and Other Genetic Disorders Prevention and Research Institute during the syndicate meeting of the Fatima Jinnah Medical University on Saturday.
Fatima Jinnah Medical University Registrar Dr Shirin presented the agenda items. The legal issues about the appointment of contractual and ad hoc employees came under discussion and the selection board was approved for interviews of assistant programmers.
Dr Yasmin Rashid discusses coordination with US doctors of Pak descent
Lahore
March 10, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid met with a delegation of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) at Fatima Jinnah Medical University here on Tuesday.
The delegation was represented by Dr Mohsin and Dr Kalim Ahmed. The minister discussed with the delegation the measures to enhance coordination among the doctors working in the ICUs in Pakistan, the UK and the US.
Dr Kalim and Dr Mohsin appreciated the health minister on taking the measures in Punjab. The health minister said, “We are trying to provide healthcare services of international quality in Pakistan. She said by December 2021, all 29.3 million families of Punjab would be given universal health coverage. Through APPNA, mutual coordination among the doctors of the UK, the US and the doctors of Mayo Hospital, LGH and Children Hospital is a positive development, she said.