GB opens free OPD insurance for about 67,000 people
A German-backed pilot in Gilgit-Baltistan will issue OPD Sehat Hifazat Cards so low-income households can seek outpatient care without paying clinic fees.
Gilgit-Baltistan has begun a free OPD insurance pilot with German support via KfW.
Eligible households will use OPD Sehat Hifazat Cards for outpatient care at no charge.
Officials say roughly 67,000 people are in the first phase, with later district rollouts planned.
Chief Minister Amjad Hussain tied the launch to wider goals of universal care and Sindh hospital referrals.
A planned medical college is due to start classes next year to ease the local doctor shortage.