Pakistan, June 30 -- ISLAMABAD - Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has strongly criticised the country's current healthcare state, declaring that Pakistan has become a machine that produces patients rather than preventing illness. He made these remarks while addressing a public event in Islamabad on Monday.

The minister said Pakistan's environment is worsening people's health every day. "We make people sick and then treat them. This is not a healthcare system; it's a sick-care system," he remarked, highlighting the alarming condition of hospitals across the country.

He expressed concern over the overwhelming number of patients, noting that Pakistani hospitals appear more like the aftermath of a political rally - one crowd exits as a...