PPP-led Sindh govt setting new standards in health sector: Umer Rehman Malik
Abdullah Jan
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik said this week that the PPP-led Sindh government was setting new standards in the health sector.
“The report released by PALISI (Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators) highlighting the reduction in child mortality at Sindh’s public hospitals is a testament to the continuous development program PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,” he said in a statement.
He said the Sindh government was a trailblazer in the whole of Asia creating Public Private Partnerships in the health sector which many doubted would work at first. “I saw this personally when I was Special Assistant to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Public Private Partnership . Today it has become the benchmark of development and demonstrates the efficiencies that the private sector can inject in to the public sector,” he added.
Earlier, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took great pride in the Sindh government’s public-private partnership initiatives especially in healthcare sector and lauded its significant achievements in reducing the child mortality rate in the province.
The PPP chief was speaking to mark the release of a report by PALISI network, a US-based health institute, highlighting a significant reduction in child mortality rate at Sindh’s public hospitals.
Quoting a report by PALISI network, PPP chief says province’s death rate now at 2.9pc, against national average of of 5.4pc; credits public-private partnerships for the success
“Infant mortality rates in Sindh now stand at 2.9 percent while rest of Pakistan is at 5.4 percent,” he posted on X.
He continued: “US based PALISI Global health reports that both Sheikh Zayed Children Hospital Larkana & Civil Hospital Karachi have a 1.2 percent mortality rate. Compared to 1.4 percent for Aga Khan which is a Private hospital and 6.3 percent rate in 19 similar countries.
“Our child-life facility is now the only public sector pediatric facility in Pakistan to be rated 5/5 SafeCare Quality level. Proud of everyone who has been a part of the successful transformation of Sindh’s healthcare over the last 15 years,” the X post concluded.
He congratulated the Sindh government, the provincial health department, and the ChildLife Foundation for their efforts. “It is a moment of pride that your hard work and success are now being recognised globally. Congratulations to all of you,” he added.
