LAHORE, Feb 4 (APP): Punjab Minister for Specialized
Healthcare and Medical Education Khawaja Salman Raffique
Saturday said the Punjab government in collaboration with
the private sector provided Rs 13 billion to blood cancer
patients during the last three years.
He said the government in collaboration with Novartis
Pharmaceutical company was providing free treatment facilities
to blood cancer patients.
The minister expressed these remarks while addressing a
seminar on World Cancer Day in connection with the third anniversary
of joint venture of the Punjab government and Novartis
Pharmaceutical under Punjab CML Free Treatment Project here at
a local hotel.
He said corporate sector should play effective
role for eradication of disease, illiteracy and other social
problems which is a social responsibility of the sector.
For this purpose four centers in Jinnah Hospital
Lahore, Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, Allied Hospital
Faisalabad and Nishter Hospital Multan are working to
facilitate the patients where cancer patients are registered
from across the province.
Besides, Prof Sheheryar, Prof Zeba Aziz, former
Principal Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital, Prof
Mehmood Shaukat, Acting Principal Prof Arif Siddiqui, Prof
Ejaz from Nishter Hospital, Prof Attika from Holy Family
Hospital Rawalpindi, representatives of Novartis and a large
number of clinicians from different hospitals attended the
seminar.