So far, 50,000 hepatitis-C patients, 4,000 hepatitis-B patients and 1,000 hepatitis-D patients have received treatment at these centres, announced CM Qaim Ali Shah, adding that free examination, diagnosis and vaccination facilities have also been provided.
More than 790,000 infants and 580,000 school-going children have been vaccinated against hepatitis-B and the programme will be extended to the taluka level between 2010 and 2011, he said.
Shah inaugurated the hepatitis treatment camp organised for officers and the staff at the chief minister’s secretariat at the Chief Minister House Dispensary on Tuesday.
The officers and staff members of the CM secretariat were examined, vaccinated and treated at the camp set up on the day.
Shah informed the people present on the occasion that the Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme has been launched under the chief minister’s initiatives by the Sindh health department at a cost of Rs2 billion.
He urged doctors and the staff of the programme to work hard for its success.
Deputy programme manager Dr Ali Anjum and programme officer Dr Amanullah Jhatyal briefed Shah, explaining how patients are given regular treatment at approved centres and that free camps are being organised in various towns and villages. Principle secretary to the chief minister Syed Sohail Akbar Shah, adviser to the chief minister Muhammad Siddique Abu Bhai, political secretary to the chief minister Nazar Muhammad Gaho, special assistant to the chief minister Imtiaz Mallah and others were also present on the occasion.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 16th, 2010.
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