Karachi: The caretaker provincial cabinet has decided to introduce health insurance policy for the first time for the people of Sindh.
Caretaker Health Minister of Sindh Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz said in an informal meeting with journalists at the Sindh Secretariat on Tuesday that 50 to 70 percent of the people of Sindh will be given the gift of Sindh health insurance policy in January of the new year.
He said that 32 percent of the population belongs to the Benazir Income Support Program, which belongs to the very poor, and for this policy, an identity card will be required to prove that the individual belongs to Sindh. Is.
According to the health minister, under the health insurance policy, 4 to 10 lakh rupees (1 million rupees per family per year) will be paid to the insurance company for the treatment of each family annually, which is allocated by the Sindh health department for welfare institutions. The amount will be half of (89 billion).
He said that insurance offices will be created in hospitals, efforts are being made to ensure that the post of Medical Superintendent (MS) remains in the same hospital for three years. Do not like your officer, will make such a system that the MS cannot be removed for three years, but if during this time he is accused of corruption or sexual harassment, then action will be taken against him.
MS will be targeted to improve institutions, good doctors have gone out of the country, some do private practice, government 17-18 grade doctors are forced to push, automation to health department before 8th February. but doing
He further said that there have been rumors of MD CAT 2023 paper being leaked under Dow University, but we cannot hold an inquiry on it until we get any proof. The CAT inquiry has been handed over to the FIA, the health department completed the inquiry early, but the inquiry has been with the FIA for more than a month now.
SIUT has four robots, one of which is for animal trials. The Sindh Institute of Advanced Endoscopy and Gastroenterology has been established for six months, but its three-year audit report has been sought. The purpose of calling for the forensic audit report by the Sindh Health Department is to determine the daily expenditure per patient in various hospitals.
Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz said that the Minister of Health should know how much it costs per day for a patient admitted in the ICU or general ward of a welfare institution, private hospital or government hospital, for the new building of Indus Hospital this year. The health department has given them a grant of 4 billion while the remaining 4 billion will be spent on other issues of Indus Hospital.
The budget of SIUT this year is 15 billion rupees, the total number of beds in the ward and civil hospital is 3 thousand 800, for which the annual cost will be about 16 billion rupees. The cost is around 5 crores. Sindh Health Department gives a budget of 89 billion to welfare institutions, about 13 clinics of PPHI have received a budget of 13 billion this year.
Dr. Saad Khalid Niaz said that there is a shortage of 35% staff in the hospitals of Sindh, DG Health and Chief Drug Inspector are appointed on merit. Can suspend more which doesn’t matter to the person. He said that some political factors are also included in it.
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