PBM provides cochlear implant
Abbas says that around 20 children were being treated with Rs13 million on an initial basis
ISLAMABAD:
As many as twenty families of the speaking and hearing impaired children have been selected by the Pakistan Bait-Ul-Mal (PBM) for provision of cochlear implant. The selection of the children was made through a draw in an event held here on Monday. The event was attended by the PBM Director General Aon Abbas Buppi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, Members of National Assembly Ali Nawaz Awaz Awan and Sahibzada Sibghat Ullah. PBM DG said this responsibility was fulfilled as a challenge, because it was difficult to achieve the task with limited resources of the institution. Abbas sais that around 20 children were being treated with Rs13 million on initial basis. PBM had received 58 applications of the deserving families whom children were eligible for cochlear implant, he said and added these applications were approved by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2019.
As many as twenty families of the speaking and hearing impaired children have been selected by the Pakistan Bait-Ul-Mal (PBM) for provision of cochlear implant. The selection of the children was made through a draw in an event held here on Monday. The event was attended by the PBM Director General Aon Abbas Buppi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, Members of National Assembly Ali Nawaz Awaz Awan and Sahibzada Sibghat Ullah. PBM DG said this responsibility was fulfilled as a challenge, because it was difficult to achieve the task with limited resources of the institution. Abbas sais that around 20 children were being treated with Rs13 million on initial basis. PBM had received 58 applications of the deserving families whom children were eligible for cochlear implant, he said and added these applications were approved by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2019.