LAHORE: (News Desk) – Pakistan is facing a shortage of around 900,000 nurses, while the international healthcare market requires approximately 2.5 million Pakistani nursing professionals, Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has said.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Regional Office of the Allied Health Professionals Council in Karachi on Saturday, the minister stressed the need to introduce digitalisation to ensure transparency and improve standards in nursing education.
Mustafa Kamal called for establishing Allied Health Professionals Council centres in all provinces, emphasising that healthcare services should extend beyond treating patients in hospitals.
He said public health also required greater attention to preventive measures, including birth spacing, vaccination, polio eradication and ensuring access to clean drinking water.
The federal health minister further revealed that approximately 11 million people in Pakistan were suffering from Hepatitis C. He urged citizens to undergo screening and assured them that the government was providing a three-month treatment course.
Highlighting the contribution of overseas Pakistanis, Kamal described them as the backbone of the national economy, noting that they send more than $32 billion in remittances annually.
The minister also warned that Pakistan could become the world’s fourth-most populous country by 2030, stressing the importance of creating new provinces for more effective governance and administrative stability.
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