Punjab Health Minister, Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal has said that provincial government is implementing a comprehensive plan to provide better healthcare facilities to the people in the province.
He expressed these views during a meeting with the members of cancer society regarding world cancer day.
He said the government was providing maximum funds for prevention and treatment of cancer and other fatal diseases. To achieve the targets, all out cooperation and grants would be provided to the research-oriented agencies.
He said that state-of-the-art cancer hospital with a cost of more than Rs 2 billion was being established at Lahore and PC-II had been prepared for the project.
He said modern research center regarding cancer diseases would also be set up whereas, latest medical equipment would be imported from abroad and later would be set up in the cancer hospital.
He said services of foreign qualified oncologists would be hired at special pay package.
The minister said that more research facilities would be provided to young doctors of oncology and research registrars would be appointed wherever required. He said new radiotherapy machines had been set up in the teaching hospitals whereas for the treatment of breast cancer, mammography machines had also been provided to Jinnah and Allied hospitals.
Chaudhry Iqbal said the majority of patients present with advanced disease requiring palliative care, radiotherapy was the most cost effective modality for 90 percent of these patients and Punjab had largest number of radiotherapy oncology treatment facilities in the country, he added.
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