ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday has launched Naya Pakistan Qaumi Sehat Card scheme in Islamabad. the scheme, all families of Islamabad, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Tharparkar will be provided free medical treatment at government and private hospitals.The card will enable every family to avail healthcare facilities up to one million rupees in a year.
The pm said health issues create economic problems for the people and our vision behind this scheme is to at least relieve them of the economic suffering when they get ill.
This will also help in improving the health infrastructure in the aforesaid parts of the country, PM Imran Khan said and added that provision of health facilities to the masses is a landmark achievement and even in the developed countries, people have to pay the insurance premium to get the health insurance.
Dr. Sultan urged that the Sehat Sahulat facility be provided to the residents of Tharparkar, Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and the erstwhile Federal Autonomous Territory (FAT). He went on to say that the hospital accepts Universal Health Coverage health cards for free medical services.
The SAPM further stated that health cards will be provided to all permanent residents of Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad beginning in January of the following year.
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