LAHORE: Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab has said that only a healthy force can better protect the nation and fight against criminals and anti-national elements with full force. In a special message on the occasion of World Health Day, he said that for the first time in the history of the country, health screening of more than two lakh policemen was completed besides vaccination of hepatitis B of police personnel, treatment of personnel suffering from hepatitis C. He said that psychological profiling of police personnel and concrete measures to restore mental health of affected personnel were implemented. He said that wheelchairs were provided to the police personnel suffering from permanent physical disabilities. MoUs were signed with well-known hospitals to provide free and discounted treatment facilities to police employees and their families.
(The News)
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