Staff Reporter
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Jhagra announced on Monday that Covid-19 patients in the province can now use their Sehat Card Plus to seek coronavirus treatment free of charge.
“Covid patients in Pakhtunkhwa now treated free of charge under Sehat Card Plus, in both public & select private sector hospitals,” tweeted Jhagra, who also holds the finance portfolio in the KP government.
Jhagra said that his government is in the middle of the “difficult pandemic” and is trying its “best to ease the pain of as many as possible”.
Anwar Hospital in Swat will start its coverage from Monday and Waseem Medical Complex in Malakand will start treating patients under the Sehat Sahulat Card from April 17.
In KP’s largest city Peshawar, RMI, Kuwait Teaching Hospital and Muhammad Hospital are already treating patients free of cost under the programme, while Afridi Medical Complex and Maqsood Medical Centre will start coverage from April 14.
