Laboratories will be established in 16 districts of Punjab for the treatment of patients suffering from cardiac diseases.
The districts are Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali, Kasur, Jhang, Vehari, Bahawalnagar, Layyah, Toba Tek Singh, Sheikhupura, Khanewal, Rajanpur, Bhakkar, Chakwal, Mandi Bahauddin and Hafizabad.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif noted, "Deployment of doctors and staff for these lab has started."
She said services of the best interventional cardiologists would be acquired.
She highlighted, "Doctors with diplomas from FCPS, MD and American Board of Cardiology will be appointed in district headquarters hospitals."
The chief minister said, "Experienced Cath cardiology medical officers and nurses will also be posted in labs. The catheter lab will also have medical imaging technologists and catheter lab technologists."
She directed district headquarters hospitals to get services of the best cardiologists, and noted, "The Directorate General of Health Services, Punjab, has started the process of appointing cardiologists, medical officers, nurses and technologists."
Chief Maryam Nawaz said, "With the establishment of catheter labs in districts, patients will not have to go to big cities for angioplasty."
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