Deformity of bones: Centre for new-born babies operational at LGH

Treatment centre for newborn babies suffering from deformity of bones was made functional at the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) here on Wednesday. Post Graduate Medical Institute and Ameer Uddin Medical College Principal Professor Anjum Habib Vohra said that children are the future of the country and that the centre would provide modern treatment facilities for them.
He said the treatment would be free in accordance with the health vision of Punjab chief minister. In a speech during a seminar held at the General Hospital in connection with the World Clubfoot Day, he said, "The bones of new-born babies are frail, broken and deformed with weak muscles in case of clubfoot disease. These children are treated with Ponestti technique wherein surgery is not required. As many as 500,000 children suffer from this disease annually all over the world. The parents notice it very late which results into long treatment process."