Where does health budget of KP go? asks CJP
No work has been done by the provincial government in the health sector in KP
Chief
Justice Gulzar Ahmed remarked that no work has been done by the provincial
government in the health sector in the province. The remarks were given when SC
bench was hearing the case regarding alarming surge in breast cancer cases in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Hearing a
case relating to rising cases of breast cancer in the province, the chief
justice asked, "Where are the billions of rupees of the KP government
going?" There are no X-ray machines or oxygen systems available in
government hospitals in KP, observed the CJP. "Ineligible people were
hired on recommendations from top to bottom in KP hospitals," the CJP
remarked.
During the
hearing, the advocate general told Justice Gulzar that the KP government has
started issuing health cards to its citizens so that they can avail various
health facilities.
Additionally,
he stated that every registered citizen will be given a treatment facility of
up to Rs1 million.
In response
to this, the chief justice said, "You must have allocated Rs5 to 6 billion
so that people can make money out of it."
Speaking
about Balochistan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel said that no open-heart surgery
has been performed in Balochistan to date.
"Where
does the health budget of Balochistan go?"
The case
hearing of the case was subsequently adjourned for a week.
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