Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid visited Mayo Hospital Corona Monitoring Unit on Wednesday to monitor performance of the unit.
Present on the occasion were Consultant Professor Dr Asad Aslam Khan, Professor Dr Saqib Saeed, Medical Superintendent Dr Iftikhar and other officials. Professor Asad Aslam Khan and Dr Iftikhar gave briefing to the minister about reserved beds, ventilators and Oxygen availability.
Later, the minister visited the Vaccination Center at Sabzazar along with Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SH) Department Sarah Aslam and Commissioner Captain (retd) Usman Younis.
The minister said:, “We are monitoring the corona situation closely and we are continuously increasing the number of vaccination centers.” In Punjab 236 centers and in Lahore seven centers were functional, she mentioned. The vaccine was being administered as per NCOC guidelines, she added.
She said that the government was using top quality and safe vaccines while an adequate amount of vaccines was available in Punjab. “We have started vaccinating people over 40 years of age,” she added. The number of staff and counters have been increased. The number of people being vaccinated would be doubled very soon, she maintained.
