The Punjab government has dispatched 15 Clinics on Wheels, along with essential medicines, to Azad Kashmir on the directive of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, extending the provinces flagship healthcare initiative beyond its own borders for the second time after Gilgit-Baltistan.
Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir flagged off the mobile clinics, with the Secretary of Health and Population, the Additional Secretary Technical, and other senior officials in attendance.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said medical facilities under Maryam Nawazs leadership were being extended to regions outside Punjab, describing her as a leader not just of Punjab but of Kashmir and the whole of Pakistan.
He said people across the country had been expressing a desire to benefit from the Clinics on Wheels programme, prompting the chief ministers directive to extend the projects benefits to other provinces as well.
The minister added that the chief minister, in response to public demand, had decided to widen the scope of health services, noting that the Clinics on Wheels initiative was playing a significant role in delivering medical care to remote and underdeveloped areas.
He said the extension of modern medical facilities to Azad Kashmir, following Gilgit-Baltistan, was a practical demonstration of the chief ministers vision, calling the project a leading example of public service and equitable healthcare provision.
