The Punjab AIDS Control Programme (PACP) will open a new center for HIV/AIDS patients, said Dr Asim Altaf, Programme Director PACP in a meeting on Thursday. The Programme Director further said that the PACP is taking all-out measures for the treatment of the patients and ample amount of anti-retroviral medicines is available for patients at all PACP centers.
The programme provides anti-retroviral medicines, counselling and testing services to all patients in Punjab. In order to assure the availability of services across the province, the programme is all set to open a new center in Jalalpur Jattan and all the arrangements are almost in place. Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir inaugurated the HIV Treatment Center in Chiniot last week. The Center located in DHQ Chiniot provides counselling and treatment facilities to patients there.