Health card covers 24m families in Punjab
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About 24 million of the 30 million families in Punjab are already benefiting from free healthcare facilities being provided under the Sehat Insaf Card.
Punjab government spokesperson Hasaan Khawar said while speaking to the media during his visit to a hospital that Pakistan was at the forefront of protecting the health and livelihood of citizens during the coronavirus epidemic, which was acknowledged by world leaders and institutions.
He visited the health card and Zakat desks in the hospital and talked to patients.
Hasaan Khawar said the universality of the health card was helping reduce the distinction between rich and poor.
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He said over 900,000 patients had been admitted to hospitals through the card and 678 hospitals in Punjab had been empanelled. In addition, about 1.5 million cases of dialysis and about the same number of cataract and other diseases were also being treated.
Answering questions on the occasion, Hasaan Khawar said the procedure for replacing the chief minister was enshrined in the Constitution and there was no mention of putting up posters in it.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2022.