LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid vowed to fully support health facilities and services of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The minister said this while meeting CPEC Authority Chairman retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa at her office here on Friday.

A handout stated that Bajwa proposed a mother and child hospital as well as nursing college be developed alongside the CPEC in Punjab.

The minister said the department will work closely with the CPEC Authority, especially on the projects in cities around the CPEC routes in Punjab. She nominated Primary and Secondary Healthcare Special Secretary Ajmal Bhatti as the focal person for coordination with the CPEC Authority.

“Punjab is giving special emphasis to the mother and child health facilities. We have aligned our projects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and we are developing state-of-the-art mother and child hospitals in Attock, Layyah, Mianwali, Bahawalnagar and Rajanpur. We plan to develop nursing colleges with these hospitals. South Punjab is under special focus as development indicators require serious work in these districts,” Dr Rashid said.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2020