LAHORE: A meeting of the Cabinet Standing Committee on universal health insurance on Monday reviewed the initiatives regarding the healthcare provision to the people.

Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid and Minister Finance Mohsin Khan Leghari jointly chaired the meeting.

Punjab Health Secretary Dr. Ahmad Javed Qazi, Chief Executive Officer of Punjab Health Initiative Management Company Dr Ali Razaq and respective officials from other departments were also present there.

Dr. Yasmin Rashid said under universal health insurance more than 30 million families of Punjab are getting free treatment up to Rs1m per year.

In order to provide better treatment facilities to the people of Punjab, she said, more than 48,000 beds have been increased in private hospitals.

Dr Yasmin said: “The universal health insurance is the first and unique project in the history of Pakistan to be provided to the public.”

So far, more than 3,175,000 people of Punjab have obtained free treatment facility worth over Rs69.8 billion.

Published in Dawn, January 10th, 2023