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Pindiites to get health cards from April

By APP
February 18, 2019

Rawalpindi : District Health Officer (DHO) Health Authority Dr Tahir Rizvi on Sunday said residents of District Rawalpindi would avail the facility of Health Insurance Card from first Week of April.

“The residents of Rawalpindi, Nankana, Jhang and Attock districts would get Health Card from first week of April,” he said.

Talking to this agency, he said Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Health Dr Yasmeen Rashid has announced that issuance of ‘Sehat Sahulat’ Cards would start from February 22 in four districts of South Punjab including Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh and Bhawalnagar.

He informed that after start of Health card scheme, people would be able to get free treatment worth Rs720,000. Dr Tahir said patients could avail treatment facilities of head injury, neuro sciences, cardio vascular, sugar dialysis, hepatitis, liver, HIV, angioplasty, brain surgery and cancer through ‘Sehat Sahulat’ Card.

The DHO said that the basic purpose of ’Sehat Sahulat’ Card was to accommodate such segments of the society who cannot access the health facilities because of lack of resources.