Over 2m treated through Sehat card
The OPD at the Sargodha District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital wears a deserted look due to a strike. Photo: Express
More than two million people in Punjab have so far received free treatment through the health card scheme.
Releasing statistics related to the scheme, Punjab Health Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch said on Thursday that people of the province had received free treatment facilities worth more than Rs36.55 billion. At least 808 government and private hospitals have been empanelled to provide free treatment facilities in Punjab through the card.
According to the data, more than 432,000 people in Punjab have so far got free dialysis through the Sehat Sahulat Card, over 45,000 have availed coronary angiography, more than 36,000 women have undergone normal child delivery and 155,000 cesarean operation.
The provincial secretary said 29,000 people in Punjab had undergone free hernia surgery, 27,000 chemotherapy and 155,000 angioplasty through the card.
The specialised healthcare and medical education released the statistics on the instructions of Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid.
The provincial secretary said the government was trying to provide maximum free treatment facilities to the people of Punjab though the Sehat Sahulat Card Scheme.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 9th, 2022.