PM Imran to visit Rajanpur today to start Sehat Insaf Card scheme
At least 30.5 million people would be provided Sehat Insaf Card in Punjab this year.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan will reach Rajanpur today (Friday) to start Sehat Insaf Card scheme in Punjab to provide quality health services to people who can’t afford them, Dunya News reported.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid will also accompany the Prime Minister and attend the launching ceremony of Sehat Insaf Card scheme in the province.
Health cards will be issued by the Government of Pakistan to provide best healthcare facilities to those individuals who cannot afford expenses of costly medical treatments.
Sources informed that in the first phase cards would be issued to those persons whose monthly salary is below Rs 15,000. Under the scheme households below the poverty line will receive free medical treatment worth Rs720,000 in private or state-owned hospitals.
Sources further informed that 30.5 million people would be provided Sehat Insaf Card in Punjab during the current year.
The card, which falls under the PTI s Sehat Sahulat Programme, was part of a health insurance scheme first launched by the party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2016.
