People of Punjab have received free treatment worth more than Rs71b.

LAHORE -- The Department of Specialized Health Care and Medical Education has released the latest data related to health cards. According to statistics, so far more than 32 lacs 64 thousand people in Punjab have received free treatment facility through health cards. So far, the people of Punjab have received free treatment and treatment facility worth more than 71 billion and 92 crore rupees.

More than 70,000 beds have been added in empaneled public and private hospitals for treatment. Provincial Health Secretary Dr. Ahmed Javed Qazi said that public is getting free treatment facilities from 822 public and private hospitals of Punjab through health cards. According to the details, more than 7 lacs 53 thousand people in Punjab have done free dialysis through health cards and more than 74 thousand 9 hundred people have got free coronary angiography facility.

More than 86,900 women have received normal delivery and more than 338,000...

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