PESHAWAR: In order to reduce infant mortality rate and to ensure availability of quality emergency care facilities to children, The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided in principle to establish specialized Children Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Satellite Centers in public sector hospitals of the province.
The decision was taken at a meeting held here the other day with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair.
While briefing the participants about the proposed program for setting up the Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Satellite Centers, it was told that nine state of the art Emergency Rooms and 100 Telemedicine Satellite Centers would be established with the aim to ensure availability of quality emergency healthcare facilities to children at door their door steps adding that the proposed Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Centers would be equipped with modern instruments alongside 24/7 availability of specialized doctors and other paramedical staff.
It was agreed in the meeting that an MoU to this effect will be signed between provincial health department and Child Life foundation after the formal approval of the provincial cabinet.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister termed the establishment of Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Centers as need of the day and directed the quarters concerned for finalization of home-work as soon as possible and table the matter before the cabinet for formal approval.
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He termed the reforms in health sector and provision of quality healthcare facilities to citizens as one of the priority areas of his government and said that the incumbent government would not only encourage adoption of latest technology for this purpose but will also provide required resources on priority basis.
