Punjab govt providing free hepatitis medicines, says CM

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that hepatitis is a fatal disease, however, people can ward off disease by following quality health principles and adoption of necessary precautionary measures.

In his message on World Hepatitis Day, he said that the purpose of observing the day was to provide necessary awareness about the disease to the people in an effective manner. He said that the Punjab government was engaged in an organised campaign to sensitise the general public through mass media.

Meanwhile, Punjab government has also provided sufficient resources for the eradication of hepatitis. For the first time in the history of the country, the Punjab government initiated a program to provide free medicines of hepatitis B and C to the registered patients through courier service, he added.

The chief minister said that Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute and Research Centre was being set up in Lahore and hoped that the institution would prove a milestone for the field of kidney and liver transplantation.