Addressing inaugural session of the two-day workshop "Trauma Psychiatry" at MCH Auditorium PIMS here, he said it was duty of all to go to affected areas and help bring a ray of hope in the people, who have lost everything in the earthquake.
He said the trauma of people, who had lost their close relatives, was terrible and it would take a long time to enable them to live a normal life.
The Minister informed that more than 61 teams of doctors were extending medical facilities to patients, but "we need more doctors and mental health professionals."
Terming the earthquake in NWFP and Azad Kashmir bigger than Tsunami, he said the devastated earthquake was an international human tragedy in which there was an unprecedented loss of lives and infrastructure.
He said a large number of Pakistani doctors living abroad had come to the motherland to help their brethren in need.
Stressing on the need to turn this natural disaster into opportunity, he said, the government would use all its resources for the rehabilitation of affected people.
Nasir Khan termed the workshop timely and said more than 18,000 patients were provided medical treatment in hospitals of twin cities.
He said operations of severely injured were being carried out regularly.
A large number of physicians, teachers, community leaders and volunteers participated in the workshop.