ISLAMABAD
\nMinister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel announced on Saturday that the government has prepared Pakistan\u2019s first national program for children with autism and intellectual disability. Patel said the health ministry will extend cooperation for the establishment of autism and mental disorder centres in four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit Baltistan (G-B). He further said that a state-of-the-art centre will be established in Islamabad to provide children suffering from autism with both education and treatment.
\nThe health minister announced that \u201clegislation will also be carried out in the parliament for the protection of children with autism and mental disorders,\u201d adding that a survey will be carried out across the country to collect the data on these children.
\nFurther, the minister said in his statement that the United Nations International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is ready to cooperate with the Pakistani government on this matter.
\nHe assured that practical and effective measures are being taken to bring improvements to the country\u2019s health sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel announced on Saturday that the government has prepared Pakistan\u2019s first national program for children with autism and intellectual disability. Patel said the health ministry will extend cooperation for the establishment of autism and mental disorder centres in four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4233],"class_list":{"0":"post-288288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-abdul-qadir-patel"},"yoast_head":"\n