The Punjab government has launched a mobile health programme for industrial workers, starting with 65 mobile healthcare units that bring free treatment to factories and workers’ homes. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Social Security Mobile Health Programme on 12 to 13 October 2026, and the first phase covers Lahore, Kasur and Sheikhupura, serving more than 4.6 million industrial workers and their family members. The programme is run through the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution, which already operates 24 social security hospitals and 250 medical outlets serving over 10 million workers and families across the province.
Infographic: Punjab 65 mobile health units for workers – key figures
Programme detail
Figure
Note
Total mobile units
65 units
Mobile hospitals, clinics, dental and cardiac units, motorcycles and scooters
Mobile hospitals
10 units
Staffed with male and female doctors, radiologists, nurses and technicians
Mobile clinics
5 units
For consultations, OPD and basic diagnostics
Motorcycles
40 units
For doorstep visits and follow-up care
Scooters
10 units
For quick outreach in factory areas
First-phase districts
Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura
More than 4.6 million workers and family members covered
What Services Workers Get
The mobile units are designed as small clinics on wheels, not just ambulances, so workers can get real treatment without leaving their factory area or losing a full day’s wages. Services include consultations, outpatient care, diagnostics, X-ray and ultrasound, basic laboratory tests, medicines, first aid, telemedicine and health awareness sessions. Mobile hospitals carry doctors, radiologists, nurses and technicians, while the motorcycles and scooters extend the reach to homes and small workplaces where a large vehicle cannot easily go.
Consultations: Doctors provide consultations and outpatient care at the factory and at home.
Diagnostics: X-ray, ultrasound and basic laboratory tests are available in the mobile units.
Medicines: Essential medicines are provided as part of the mobile health service.
First aid: First aid and emergency care support is available through the mobile teams.
Telemedicine: Telemedicine links workers to specialists when a case needs expert advice.
Health awareness: Teams run health awareness sessions for workers and their families.
A special part of the programme is mobile screening for rheumatic heart disease, which can damage the heart silently if it is not found early. The screening teams will visit 29,845 factories and establishments in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Kasur, checking workers for heart disease risk. The programme will also screen about 54,000 children in workers’ welfare schools, because early detection in childhood can prevent serious heart damage in later life and protect the future workforce of the province.
Factories covered: 29,845 factories and establishments in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Kasur will be visited.
Children screened: About 54,000 children in workers’ welfare schools will be screened.
Disease focus: Screening targets rheumatic heart disease, which needs early detection.
Early treatment: Early detection allows treatment before the disease causes serious heart damage.
Family benefit: Workers’ children benefit directly from school-based screening.
Expansion to 12 More Districts
The programme will expand in phases, with 12 more districts joining by March 2027. The expansion districts are Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan and Rawalpindi, which together cover the main industrial belts of Punjab. Workers in those districts should watch for the local launch in their area, because the mobile units will follow a district schedule rather than arriving everywhere on the same day.
Expansion deadline: 12 more districts will join the programme by March 2027.
Northern districts: Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat and Rawalpindi are included in the expansion.
Central districts: Faisalabad, Sargodha and Sahiwal are included in the expansion.
Southern districts: Multan, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan are included.
Local schedule: Each district will follow its own mobile unit schedule after launch.
How the Programme Is Organised
The programme is run by the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution, the same body that already runs social security hospitals and medical outlets for registered workers. All mobile units are linked to a digital hub at the institution headquarters, which helps track visits, patient records and follow-up care. That digital link matters, because a worker seen at a factory camp can be followed up at a hospital or through telemedicine without losing the record of the first visit.
Running body: The Punjab Employees Social Security Institution runs the mobile health programme.
Existing network: 24 social security hospitals already serve over 10 million workers and families.
Medical outlets: 250 medical outlets support the hospital network across Punjab.
Digital hub: All mobile units are linked to a digital hub at the institution headquarters.
Follow-up care: Digital records help hospitals and telemedicine teams follow up on workers’ cases.
The main beneficiaries are registered industrial workers and their family members in the covered districts, because the programme is built on the social security system for workers. Workers should keep their social security registration details ready when a mobile unit visits their factory, and family members should ask the visiting team about home visits and school screening for children. Workers who are not yet registered should contact their factory management or the nearest social security office to check their registration status, because registration is the usual gateway to social security health services.
Main beneficiaries: Registered industrial workers and their family members in covered districts.
Factory visits: Mobile units visit factories and establishments on a scheduled route.
Home visits: Motorcycles and scooters extend care to workers’ homes where needed.
Registration check: Workers should confirm their social security registration for full benefit.
Free service: The mobile health service is provided free to eligible workers and families.
Phase
Districts
Coverage
First phase
Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura
More than 4.6 million workers and family members
Expansion by March 2027
12 more districts
Gujranwala to Rawalpindi industrial belt
Heart screening
Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur
29,845 factories and 54,000 school children
Backbone network
Province-wide
24 hospitals and 250 medical outlets
Conclusion
The Punjab mobile health programme for industrial workers brings 65 mobile units, free treatment and heart screening to factories and homes, starting in Lahore, Kasur and Sheikhupura and expanding to 12 more districts by March 2027. For workers who lose wages when they travel for treatment, care at the factory gate is a real change. Eligible workers should confirm their registration, watch for the mobile unit schedule in their district and use the service for themselves and their families.
Shahzad Sahil is the editor of lahorejobs24.com, covering government jobs, private jobs, bank jobs, results and education news for Lahore and Punjab, with information verified from official sources.
