Bait-ul-Sukoon Cancer Hospital successfully provided free treatment to 8,870 cancer patients entirely free of cost during last year. According to details 6,150 patients underwent Chemotherapy, 1,725 patients Radiotherapy, 1,250 and 3,385 patients received surgeries and hospice support respectively during last one year.
In an official statement from the Hospital, Dr Jawaid Mallick, Consultant Oncologist, Bait-ul-Sukoon, said the budget requirement for fiscal year 2011-12 had been estimated at Rs 135 million to meet its running expenses. He appealed philanthropists and general public to come forward and join hands in this noble cause by donating generously to help the deserving receive life-saving treatment which costs about Rs 500,000 to 1,000,000 per patient. He said Bait-ul-Sukoon is entirely a charitable hospice and hospital, at Block 3, KCHS, near the Hill Park, Karachi and has the capacity to treat 50 patients at a time at its three fully equipped floors.-PR