KP govt decided to start air ambulance service in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to start an air ambulance service in Peshawar.

Chairing a meeting on health, KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur issued instructions to officials to start the air ambulance service within four months.

Gandapur emphasized that ultrasound, operation theaters, and gynecology facilities should be provided in all health centres.

He said that the availability of doctors, nurses, and medical staff should be ensured in these centres.

He issued the instructions that all district headquarters hospitals should be upgraded and included in the health card panel.

Read more: Faisalabad: Woman delivers baby in an ambulance

Additionally, he said that fair-price pharmacies should be established in hospitals, complete data on required medical staff and equipment should be collected, a new health policy should be prepared within a month, and separate spaces should be designated for attendants and sleeping areas in hospitals.

During the meeting, a decision was taken to establish a motorbike response unit for thickly populated areas, declare Hayatabad as a healthcare city, set up health information and service delivery units for hospitals’ improvement, and initiate an executive health check-up program for senior citizens in hospitals.

The health care city aims to provide modern facilities for treatment. Citizens aged 65 and above will receive free check-ups every three months.

For this purpose, separate desks and staff will be allocated in government hospitals where free check-ups will include lab tests, skin examinations, MRI, X-rays, echocardiograms, and ECGs.