Rs 8.869billion to be spent on Balochistan healthcare with the help of Pak Army

Quetta—An amount of Rs 8.869 billion has been earmarked for Baluchistan Health sector of which Rs 1.426 billion would be spent on completion of ongoing health schemes during the current financial year. A provincial Health department official told APP here on Thursday, he said all the basic health units across the province have been activated under PPHI project besides increasing the stipend for House Officers and postgraduate medical students. It is also reported that under the aegis of Pak Army, as many as 58 youth hailing from across the province completed their one year paramedic course in Combined Military Hospital Quetta.

Army in this connection organized a closing ceremony for the pass out Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) here at Trauma Center of CMH at Quetta Cantonment on Thursday. Director General Health government of Balochistan Dr Masood Noshairwani was the chief guest while Commandant CMH Brigadier Zubair and Brigadier Ehtisham were also present on the occasion.

Addressing the ceremony DG Health Balochistan lauded the efforts of Pak Army for the youth of Balochistan. He thanked Chief of Army Staff who showed his personnel interest for the welfare of the people of the deprived province of the country. Mega projects launched in the technical and vocational educational sectors including establishing BITE was tremendous effort of the Army which was giving opportunities to the jobless youth to equip themselves with skills in the job market.

Commandant CMH Brigadier Zubair on the occasion commended the commitment and hard work on the part of the students during the training session at CMH. He noted that the Paramedic is the higher level of the EMS career ladder. Paramedics are licensed EMTs who are then trained in advanced life support measures including venipuncture, intravenous therapy, medication administration, arrhythmia interpretation, and defibrillation.

“The EMT programme offered to the students of Balochistan was initiated on the directives of the Chief of the Army Staff General Kayani; he said adding proposal was under consideration to accommodate them in CMH and other health units of the Army. Earlier, the passed out student were delivered the medical kits and were awarded with the certificates.