Children with heart conditions will now receive free treatment and surgeries under the ‘Chief Minister Children Heart Surgery Programme,’ also known as “Maryam Ki Masihaai.” This initiative aims to provide medical care to more than 5,000 children annually.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz officially launched the programme and distributed ‘Child Surgery Cards’ to beneficiaries. If public hospitals are unable to accommodate patients, surgeries will be arranged at private hospitals.
During the first phase, heart surgery services will be available at six public and selected private hospitals, including the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) and Children’s Hospital in Lahore, as well as hospitals in Multan, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi.
In the second phase, the programme will extend to hospitals in Wazirabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, and Sargodha. An online dashboard will also be introduced to monitor the Children’s Heart Surgery Programme.
Expressing her joy at the programme’s launch, the Chief Minister said she feels more like a mother than a leader, empathizing with the pain of those who lose their children. She emphasized that these advanced heart surgery facilities are a heartfelt effort to ease the suffering of both children and their families.
The programme will also serve children from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other provinces. It was highlighted during the briefing that a lack of timely heart surgeries had previously led to the death of approximately 5,000 children each year.
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