‘Drugs purchase data of hospitals to be collected’
LAHORE: Specialized Healthcare Secretary Muhammad Aamir Jan visited Jinnah Hospital here on Tuesday.
Talking to the media, Aamir Jan said the HVAC system and other machinery would become functional in the next two months for providing better healthcare to patients. He asked the medical superintendents to ensure improvement in conditions of hospitals, management and operational matters.
No mafia in purchase of medicines, parking, canteens and affairs of the hospitals would be allowed and all the civil cases pending in courts would actively be pursued for setting aside the stay orders, Aamir Jan said and added the department would notify its team who would collect data of purchase of medicines of last three years from teaching hospitals within 10 days so as to unearth any irregularity or embezzlement in the process after its monitoring and evaluation.
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Dr Yasmin Rashid announces reforms in blood transfusion services
July 24, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid announced here Friday complete reinvigoration of the Blood Transfusion Authority and Institute of Blood Transfusion Services. The minister announced that the administrative control of the blood banks shall be handed over to designated authorities in the respective teaching hospitals.
The minister chaired an important meeting at the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department. Present in the meeting were Secretary Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department Amir Jan, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Sarah Aslam, Additional Secretary Development SH&ME Dr Asif Tufail, Additional Secretary Technical Dr Salman Shahid, Secretary Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority Dr Shahnaz Akhtar, Professor Javed Chaudhry and officials of the Institute of Blood Transfusion Services. Secretary BTA Dr Shahnaz Akhtar presented progres
This file illustration photo taken on November 17 shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer. AFP/File
LAHORE: The Corona Experts Advisory Group (CEAG) has allowed administration of Pfizer vaccine to the children who have undergone liver, kidney and bone-marrow transplant.
The decision was taken in a CEAG meeting which was called after the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) head sought permission to vaccinate under-18 children who had undergone complicated surgeries.
Headed by specialised healthcare and medical education department secretary Amir Jan, the meeting was also attended by primary and secondary healthcare department secretary Sara Aslam, CEAG Chairman Prof Mahmood Shaukat, CMH Lahore Commandant Brig Ghulam Akbar, Mayo Hospital Chief Executive Officer Prof Dr Saqib Saeed, Punjab Healthcare Commission Director Dr Anwar Janjua, Dr Javed Hayat Khan from PKLI and other senior medical experts an