The Ministry of Health and digital healthcare platform Sehat Kahani signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to expand telemedicine cooperation. Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal and Sehat Kahani officials signed the MoU in Islamabad, and the minister said the step marked another milestone for Pakistan.
Second phase to add ten more centers
Kamal said the government has completed the first phase of the telemedicine project and is now rolling out the second. During the first phase, 10 telemedicine centers were set up in collaboration with Sehat Kahani, and another 10 are now set to launch.
PIMS integration and quality of life goals
The minister also announced that the Outdoor Patient Department and Trauma Center of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) are being integrated into telemedicine networks. Kamal, a former Karachi mayor and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader, said authorities were making every possible effort to improve the quality of life for the common man.
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