LAHORE: Feb 13: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed gratitude over the successful completion of free heart surgeries of more than 10,000 children from across Pakistan under the Chief Minister Children Heart Surgery Program.
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Under the program, the highest number of surgeries were performed for children from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (425), followed by Azad Jammu & Kashmir (250), Federal areas (107), Gilgit-Baltistan (34), Balochistan (28), and Sindh (27).
The Chief Minister also inaugurated the new ICU at Children’s Hospital Lahore. She visited the ICU, met the children under treatment, and expressed affection and care.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif attended a special ceremony held to mark the completion of 10,000 surgeries under the Children Heart Surgery Program and warmly interacted with young heart patients.
Provincial Minister for Specialized Healthcare Khawaja Salman Rafique briefed that 10,331 surgeries have been completed so far under the program.
Vice Chancellor Masood Sadiq stated that around 50,000 children are born with heart disease every year in Pakistan, of whom 25,000 require immediate surgery.
The Chief Minister has increased the number of cardiac surgeons at the Children’s Hospital to 12 and cardiac physicians to 34. Through the Chief Minister Transplant Card, 800 cochlear transplants and 200 bone marrow transplants for children have also been carried out.
A special documentary on the Chief Minister Children Heart Surgery Program was also screened at the ceremony.
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