Engro helps Shaukat Khanum Hospital expand testing

LAHORE: Engro Foundation has committed Rs 20 million in financial assistance to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre to expand Covid-19 testing capacity across Southern Punjab and strengthen the health sector to cope with the ongoing pandemic.

Under the “Southern Punjab Screening Program – Free of Cost” campaign, Engro Foundation will sponsor Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre to use its existing network of pathology laboratory collection centres to provide free of cost testing services to deserving patients. To ensure maximum coverage of the rural population, the testing campaign will be initially deployed in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Layyah, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar. The launch of the campaign with Shaukat Khanum is part of the Rs 1 billion pledge made by the Chairman of Engro Corporation Hussain Dawood and Dawood Hercules Corporation. Under this pledge, the Group is supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in services, cash and kind on multiple fronts.***