{"id":7756,"date":"2022-01-05T11:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=7756"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:58:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:58:04","slug":"pakistan-sends-medical-team-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/01\/pakistan-sends-medical-team-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan sends medical team to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) has sent a medical team to Afghanistan in order to assist the process of renovation of three hospitals as part of the humanitarian assistance to the war-stricken country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The medical team, comprising of engineers and technicians, has thus far wrapped up construction work on the three Pakistan-funded hospitals at Jalalabad, Logar and Kabul, reported Express Tribune.<\/p>\n

These details were shared during the meeting of the Afghanistan Inter-Ministerial Coordination Cell (AICC) held today, which was attended by representatives of the ministry of foreign affairs, interior ministry, National Health Services and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).<\/p>\n

However, the meeting was informed that the work on the installation and commissioning of medical equipment worth Rs2 billion is still underway.<\/p>\n

For the operationalization of medical equipment, a team of four Pakistani engineers along with technicians is working round the clock. This would help to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the neighbouring country.<\/p>\n

The assistance is in addition to medical visa facilitation for patients at crossing points and the provision of emergency\/life-saving medicines to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Recently, in addition to medical visa facilitation for patients at the crossing points and the provision of emergency life-saving medicines to Afghanistan, Pakistan had announced the provision of medicines to the tune of Rs500 million at the earliest.<\/p>\n

The initiative is part of the humanitarian assistance package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n

Besides, joint polio eradication coordination under the Polio Immunization Programme assistance, Pakistan has also agreed to give training for capacity enhancement and institutional building of the Afghan healthcare system.<\/p>\n

A delegation from the pharmaceutical industry will also visit Afghanistan for investment and to assist indigenous medicine production in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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