Sehat Card to now cover liver transplants

In order to make Sehat Card plus scheme a comprehensive program of free treatment, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has announced inclusion of treatment of more diseases in the scheme, including free OPD services.

He said that treatment of critical diseases like cancer and kidney transplant had already been covered and now free liver transplant has been included in it while in the near future, other diseases involving expensive treatment would also be covered.

The chief minister said that this flagship project had been recognized and appreciated at national and international level and now the other provinces were also launching health cards.

This he said while addressing a ceremony held here on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of Sehat Card Plus Scheme.

Provincial Cabinet Members Taimur Salim Jhagra, Kamran Khan Bangash, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, Members of Provincial Assembly Fakhar Jehan, Sultan Khan and other officials attended the ceremony.

The chief minister termed the Sehat Card Plus an important step towards accomplishment of Prime Minister’s vision regarding establishment of a welfare state, and said that Sehat Card Plus was not only a program of free treatment but it has been proved to be a complete package of social protection which was also helping to reduce poverty and raise the standard of life of the common man.

Mahmood Khan said this scheme was started on a limited scale during the last tenure of PTI provincial government and in 2018, when the incumbent government came to power, he decided to extend this facility to the entire population of the province.

This, he said, was undoubtedly a difficult task but with the cooperation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, it has been extended successfully to the entire population of the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2022.