Bilawal inaugurates latest CyberKnife facility at JPMC

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday inaugurated two different departments of over one hundred beds each and the latest cancer fighting technology CyberKnife S7-FIM at Jinnah Hospital, Karachi. 

CyberKnife is a robotic technology that uses high cancer-killing doses of radiation in a precise, painless and non-invasive manner, according to the JPMC based in Sindh's capital city.

The two departments launched today by the PPP chief include a 120-bed Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, and a 110-bed Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit.

Addressing a ceremony at the Jinnah hospital, Bilawal said that the CyberKnife is the most expensive machine in the world and the provincial government is providing these facilities to people free of charge.

“People talk about the Sindh government that it does not do anything. But, the Sindh government’s work speaks for itself,” he said, adding that the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD), National Institute of Child Health (NICH) and JPMC are the best examples of the government’s performance.

"All these three hospitals are an example of good governance of the provincial government while in other provinces even a CT scan facility is not available to the public free of charge."

The CyberKnife facility is available only at the JPMC in the entire country, he added.

It is pertinent to mention that the CyberKnife system was set up at the JPMC for the first time in December 2012.

The PPP leader also directed Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to continue serving the people with the best healthcare facilities.

Bilawal, who served as the foreign minister in the last government, also directed the Sindh chief executive to take Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit the hospital whenever he trips to the city.

The PPP leader said that he would tell the premier that the PPP-led government is ready to assist the Punjab government in the health sector.