CM opens first govt cancer hospital
Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday inaugurated Mayo Cancer Care Hospital at Manawan. Mohsin Naqvi while announcing free treatment facility in the cancer hospital revealed that every patient would be given free treatment in the first government cancer hospital.
The hospital comprised of 100 beds and will be increased up to 1,000 beds in coming 10 years, he said and reviewed facilities being provided to the patients. He visited the room for collecting blood samples and also planted a sapling in the lawn of the hospital.
All the administrative and financial affairs of the cancer hospital have been handed over entirely to the King Edward Medical University. It is the foremost responsibility of the government to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the cancer patients.
The CM while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Mayo Cancer Care Hospital apprised that the first complete cancer care hospital of Punjab has been established.
No patient suffering from any cancer ailment will be denied treatment facilities even the patient suffering from the last cancer stage will also be provided treatment facilities in the hospital.
The government has established a cancer hospital and now it is the responsibility of the doctors and the staff to provide complete care to patients. Provincial Ministers Dr Javed Akram, Dr Jamal Nasir, Secretaries of SHC&ME, C&W, Commissioner Lahore, Special Secretary SHC&ME, KEMU VC and officials concerned were also present on the occasion.