Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday, during her visit to Lahore’s Children’s Hospital Cardiac Surgery Ward, officially launched ‘Chief Minister’s Children’s Heart Surgery Programme’ for the free treatment and surgery of children with heart disease.
She distributed ‘Child Surgery Cards’ among the deserving patients under the Programme. She said,”The operation of a sick child will be done in a private hospital if there is no place in the government hospitals.”
She inspected HDU and other departments of the hospital, and reviewed various facilities available in the cardiac surgery ward.
The Chief Minister inquired about the well-being of the young patients, gave them gifts and also played Ludo with them. She interacted with the children, and prayed,”May Allah grant you health, we all pray for you.”
She also talked to the parents of the sick children, and inquired from them about the availability of facilities. She said, ”It is my mission to free every citizen of Punjab, including children, from the system of queues and waiting.” She added, ”The number of specialist surgeons and allied staff will be increased to multiply the capacity of pediatric heart surgery in government hospitals.”
Maryam Nawaz said, ”In the first phase, pediatric heart surgery facility is being provided in 6 government and designated private hospitals including PIC and Children’s Hospital Lahore, Multan’s Children’s and PIC, and Faisalabad and Rawalpindi Cardiology Institutes.”
