CM directs resolution of KP teaching hospitals’ funding issues

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan has taken notice of financial issues being faced by Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) of the province and directed his advisor for health and the chief secretary to take immediate steps to arrange the required funding for these hospitals on a priority basis.

He said that all kinds of emergency services at MTIs should not be affected in anyway, adding that required funds be arranged on priority basis for the purpose so that uninterrupted emergency services are ensured in these hospitals.

He was talking to his adviser on health Dr. Riaz Anwar and Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry who called on him at Chief Minister’s House on Friday and discussed matters related to the financial issues of MTIs.

The chief minister said it was the top most priority of the caretaker provincial government to ensure uninterrupted healthcare facilities to the public, and that despite financial crunches the provincial government would make no compromise on the provision of treatment facilities to the masses.

He said health sector would be given top priority in the allocation of available financial resources. He also directed them to work out a feasible plan for the financial sustainability of MTIs in the long run.