Premier Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated a new digital system on Monday for licenses and registration of medical devices.
When tackling the launch ceremony, he emphasized a revolution in the health care sector with coordinated efforts and determination by bringing all stakeholders.
The prime minister said that, according to the new system, the applications for the registration of medical services and equipment would be decided within 20 days in a transparent and merit -based system.
Suns on the excessive delays in the registration process of medical services in the past, he referred to Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) as “dragging, not drap, because it dragged the process for years only for years. The reasons were known to everyone.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz, with reference to issues in the health sector, remembered that during his term of office he had sent Punjab Chief Minister Monsters of certain cardiovascular drugs on board after reports a number of deaths in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, who later added the reports of London; Etc indicated that these drugs were meant to treat malaria and not heart patients who were not treated properly by Drap.
The prime minister said he had brought Major Gen (Retd) Azhar Mahmood Kayani to Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, who has transformed a remarkable facility based on his hard work and dedication.
The Prime Minister underlined that the country needed such health facilities.
He also remembered that during his term of office as Prime Minister, his government has assigned a huge budget for offering freedom of costs in the government-run hospitals in 2014-15.
The 60% samples of those medicines were found to be under the standards, he said, and later added that, under his strict guideline, the delivery of quality medicines without costs was guaranteed.
Moreover, its provincial government has also set up laboratories in the province to facilitate the poor and robbed people.
He also appreciated Mustafa Kamal Minister of National Health Services for his hard efforts to introduce reforms in the health sector.
The minister also took note of the closure of hospitals and now they would be revived, he added.
The prime minister emphasized that if they decided to bring about a revolution in the health sector, this might be a difficult task, but not impossible.
“There may be mountains such as obstacles, but if we decide with determination to negotiate and move forward, nothing can rent the way to progress and prosperity.
“The hard work is not in vain,” he emphasized.
Prime Minister Shehbaz also expressed the optimism that they would change the fate of Pakistan with joint efforts and decisions and the day was not far away when the country would reach its mark under the comity of Nations.
He also appreciated the minister, secretary, Drap CEO and their team for the introduction of the digital system.
The ceremony was attended by ministers, parliamentarians, relevant authorities and experts.
In his comments, Minister Kamal said that they have pressed the registration time through an online digitization system that spans for more than 20 days, to replace the previous ones that required long periods.
He said the system would be free of human contact, because the certificates would be available online without visiting a drap.
Kamal said that all the efforts that are made in the health sector indicated the intention and vision of the sitting government under the leadership of the prime minister.
Referring to important issues in the health sector, including population growth, diseases transferred by water and others, the minister said they made total efforts with available resources to overcome them.
He said that the primary health care system would be further strengthened to reduce the burden in the most important health centers with a public-private partnership.
The registration and licenses of everything, from wheelchairs to MRI machines, would be done online.
Citizens can submit home requests from home to obtain registration and licenses of medical devices, he added.
The minister said that this initiative would now shorten the process from years to twenty days, and the public would have timely access to quality, safe and effective medicines and medical devices.
