PESHAWAR: Taking notice of financial issues being faced by Medical Teaching Institutions (MTIs) in the province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan
ordered funds allocation for these hospitals on an urgent basis.
He issued these orders to his advisor on health, Dr Riaz Anwar, and Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry during a meeting at the Chief Minister's House on Friday.
Expressing his concerns, the chief minister ordered that all emergency services at MTIs must remain unaffected at these medical institutions.
At the meeting that discussed the financial difficulties faced by the MTIs, the Chief Minister affirmed that providing continuous and unhindered healthcare services to the public is the topmost priority of the caretaker provincial government.
He assured that despite financial constraints, the government would not compromise on delivering essential treatment facilities to the masses, adding that the health sector would be accorded the highest priority in the distribution of the available financial resources.
The chief minister also directed the authorities to develop a viable plan for ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the MTIs, underlining the significance of securing their financial stability in the future.
