Lahore : Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has made a new history of public service in Pakistan as one of the biggest ‘Medicines Warehouse Project’ has been launched for the provision of medicines.The Chief Minister visited the Central Warehouse at Maraka by the Health Department and inaugurated provision of free medicines in various districts of the hospitals.
The CM directed to functionalize medicine warehouse in Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Multan at the earliest. 9 medicines warehouses have become formally functional for the provision of medicines across the province in which there will be a capacity to store more than 17 billion medicines and equipment.
CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif herself drove the fork lifter and formally launched the provision of medicines project. She under her personal supervision got the trucks of medicines departed for various districts. She also inspected the furniture, medical equipment and other goods to be provided to the hospitals.The CM checked validity of the medicines being stored in the warehouse and standard temperature system as well.
Secretary Health Ali Jan Khan while giving a briefing apprised that the medicines can be stored at a standard temperature and can be transported from the latest warehouses. On the direction of CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif, 9 Central Warehouses have been established under the free medicines project.More than Rs.10 billion medicines have been stored in the warehouses. New and latest medicines equipment exceeding Rs.7 billion for the revamping of hospitals, along with furniture, 3 coloured disposable bed sheets and other goods will be provided to the hospitals from the warehouses.
Standard furniture, latest medical equipment,medicine trollies, disposable bed sheets and other goods will be provided to the various district hospitals from the warehouses across the province.
Senator Parvez Rashid, Provincial Minister for Information & Culture Azma Zahid Bokhari, Provincial Ministers Khawaja Salman Rafique, Khawaja Imran Nazir, Special Assistant Zeeshan Malik, Dr. Adnan Khan, Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman, Secretary Health Ali Jan, Secretary Information Ahmed Aziz Tarar and other relevant officers were also present on the occasion.