LAHORE – The Punjab government has decided to establish a stroke centre in every division, with 40 primary stroke centres already functional and another 17 targeted for completion by December.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, where officials briefed the meeting on progress under the Chief Minister’s Stroke Programme.
The meeting was told that 336 stroke patients had been given timely treatment at designated stroke centres, saving their lives and preventing permanent disability.
According to the briefing, the 40 functional primary stroke centres have trained doctors and staff for the treatment of stroke patients, while 710 TNK injections are available at these facilities.
Neuroangiography suites are also planned this year at Teaching Hospital Rawalpindi, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Nishtar-II Multan and Teaching Hospital Sargodha.
Comprehensive stroke centres are already operational at the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences Lahore and Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology.
Primary stroke centres have also been established at Services Hospital, Mayo Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, General Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Shahdara Teaching Hospital in Lahore.
The meeting was further informed that stroke injections were available at Nishtar Hospital Multan, Allama Iqbal Hospital Sialkot, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan, Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur and Allama Iqbal Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan.
Primary stroke centres have been made functional at the district headquarters hospitals in Sheikhupura, Mandi Bahauddin, Kasur, Khanewal, Vehari and Multan.
Stroke treatment injections are also available at DHQ hospitals in Bhakkar, Layyah, Gujranwala, Narowal, Jhang, Jhelum, Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal and Gujrat.
Stroke centres have also been established at the Children’s Hospitals in Multan and Faisalabad, Sadiq Abbasi Hospital Bahawalpur, Nishtar-II, Teaching Hospital Sargodha and Allied Hospital-II Faisalabad.
