16-member Turkish Delegation To Arrive On 24th

LAHORE, (Muzaffargarh.City – 21st Dec, 2016 ) : A 16-member Turkish delegation of Family Health Experts and Drug Tracking System Experts led by Minister for Health Republic of Turkey Dr.

Recep Akdag will reach here on December 24. This delegation would give a final shape to the measures for implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during the recent visit of Turk President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Lahore at Hazoori Bagh reception.

A meeting, presided over by Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Shamail Ahmad Khawaja to review arrangements in connection with the tour agenda, was held here on Wednesday at the Civil Secretariat.

These include drug tracking system, transformation, new family medicine system, early warning response system, hospital management through public private partnership and outsourcing of various non-core clinical services and drug testing as well as pathological laboratories.

The meeting decided to appoint Additional Secretary Health Zaheer Abbas as Director Monitoring with five Turkish consultants who would stay in Lahore after the scheduled tour to implement the pilot projects under MoU with the Turkish government.

The meeting was informed that the visiting Turkish delegation would also visit Drug Testing Laboratory Multan and DTL Faisalabad. Turkish Minister for Health will inaugurate Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital Muzaffargarh during his visit in the fourth week of December this year.

Secretary Primary & Secondary Healthcare Ali Jan Khan, Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical education Najam Ahmad Shah, DG Punjab Healthcare Commission Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Sulehria, Acting Chief Executive Officer Punjab Public Health Agency Dr.

Shabnum Sarfraz, Member Health P&D Dr. Shabana Haider, Addl. Secretary Health Dr. Faisal Zahoor, DG Health Services Punjab Dr. Syed Mukhtar Ahmad Shah, Chief Executive Mayo Hospital Lahore Prof. Dr. Asad Aslam Khan and other senior officers participated in the meeting.