PIMS protesters demand Dr Faisal’s resignation
Islamabad
January 22, 2021
Islamabad:The executive committee of the Grand Health Alliance (GHA) unanimously passed a resolution Thursday, demanding the resignation of the PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan, calling upon Prime Minister Imran Khan to halt the ‘undue interference’ of Dr. Nausherwan Burki in matters related to withdrawal of the Medical Teaching Institutes (MTI) Ordinance.
The employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) continued their protest on the 53rd day, with a resolve to continue the struggle till the lapse of the MTI legislation. The charged protesters pledged not to negotiate with the government any longer, to have the Ordinance reverted, and to protect the MD, MS, and MDS programme of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU).
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top economic body has approved the largest ever healthcare project by the federal government worth Rs70 billion (US$436m).
The project approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) includes Rs45 billion for new healthcare facilities, Rs7 billion for national health surveillance, Rs13 billion water sanitation, hygiene as well as interventions in less developed areas, said Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar.
Besides the healthcare project, the economic body also approved several projects regarding infrastructural and human development, education and water resources worth around Rs209 billion.
Focus on heath amid pandemic
Alvi urges media, ulema to help address malnutrition
Islamabad
January 19, 2021
Islamabad:With President Arif Alvi recommending a multi-stakeholder response to arrest malnutrition in Pakistan, the PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan happily announced the development of a comprehensive PC1 of Rs312 billion to address all forms of malnutrition among women and children, with a focus on prevention of stunting and management of wasting. The plan has been endorsed by the Council of Common Interests and will be in the field for a period of five years starting July 2021.
The occasion was an advocacy seminar on breastfeeding, organised by the Nutrition Wing of the Ministry of Health here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday. The august gathering was apprised of the salient features of a mega-project that can potentially become a game changer in the struggle to arrest malnutrition.
GHA to hold peaceful protest outside Parliament todayBy Shahina MaqboolIslamabad: The teaching faculty of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences has verbally communicated a set of proposed.
Islamabad : The Pakistan Medical Commission has taken up with the government and Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen the issue of ‘O’ & ‘A Level students whose exam results are due.