Punjab sends six mobile health clinics to Gilgit-Baltistan

The Punjab government has dispatched six mobile health clinics equipped with essential medicines to Gilgit-Baltistan on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, officials said.

The Clinics on Wheels were sent to Gilgit-Baltistan late Tuesday night by Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir. The Secretary Health and Population, Special Secretary Technical, and other senior officials were also present during the dispatch of the vehicles.

Speaking on the occasion, Khawaja Imran Nazir said the mobile clinics would help extend healthcare services to remote and underserved communities in Gilgit-Baltistan.

He said the Clinics on Wheels project had played an important role in delivering healthcare facilities to people living in far-flung and underdeveloped areas and that its scope was now being expanded beyond Punjab.

Nazir said the Punjab government had received requests from various parts of the country to extend the project's benefits to other regions, prompting the decision to deploy mobile clinics in Gilgit-Baltistan.

He said the initiative reflected the Punjab government's commitment to improving access to healthcare and ensuring that citizens in remote areas receive basic medical services.

The health minister said providing modern medical facilities to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan was in line with the chief minister's vision of expanding healthcare access and ensuring that no citizen is deprived of essential health services.

The Clinics on Wheels project consists of mobile medical units designed to provide primary healthcare services, medicines and basic diagnostic facilities in areas where access to hospitals and healthcare centres is limited.

Reporter: Zahid Chaudhary