To provide relief to patients suffering from deadly forms of viral hepatitis, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has launched a Prevention and Control of Hepatitis Programme at a cost of Rs920 million in the province.
According to official sources in the health department, the programme has selected 29 teaching and district headquarters hospitals across the province in consultation with the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis Initiative.
The selected hospitals have been equipped with requisite laboratory equipment, consumables, kits, reagents, drugs and vaccines to extend diagnosis facilities and treatment to deserving patients without any charges.
Sources said the K-P health director general has requested all commissioners, district coordination officers and provincial assembly members to ensure all eligible patients are properly attended and diagnosed free of charge.
They said the health department was committed to the social uplift of people and was utilising all available resources for the purpose.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2012.
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