1,000 poor patients provided financial relief under BAEF: Asadullah Baloch.

ISLAMABAD -- Balochistan Minister for Social Welfare and Non-Formal Education, Asadullah Baloch on Saturday said that provincial government had provided financial assistance to 1000 poor patients under Balochistan Awami Endowment Fund (BAEF) programme.

Talking to reporter, he said that one million rupees were being spent in the current financial year to ensure best health care facilities to the poor people who were suffering from chronic diseases.

The minister said the assistance was being provided to the poor and needy patients suffering from different chronic diseases under the BAEF initiative to get them treated in the best public and private sector hospitals across the country.

He said the provincial government was working to provide financial assistance to the poor patients for the treatment of 'open heart surgery, Thalassemia, cancer, liver and kidney transplants', adding that all cases had been approved by the medical board on merit bass. He also urged the private sector to come forward and join hands with the government for the noble cause.

Baloch said this initiative was the first of the best welfare programme in South Asia, which was supporting the needy ones through cash transfers.

It should be noted that liver and kidney transplantation were the most expensive which required millions of rupees.

Moreover Rs 77 million...

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