She stated during a press conference held here that the province’s malaria situation has improved, but 140 instances of chikungunya have been confirmed by laboratory testing.
She emphasized official measures to enhance the health sector, stating that as part of the World Bank-backed 1000-Days Integrated Health and Population Project, the government would modernize all health facilities, including primary units.
The Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital in Karachi, the province’s second-largest tertiary care government hospital after Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, is set to be upgraded, according to a master plan we have devised, the spokesperson stated.
She also mentioned that all educational institutions will get simulation labs, and that the government was putting in place a biometric system at hospitals to increase worker productivity.
