PESHAWAR: Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, Lahore, and State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide free treatment facilities to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Under the MoU, the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will get free kidney and liver transplant facility at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, Lahore, under the Sehat Card Plus Scheme, according to a statement issued here on Saturday.

It merits a mention here that the provincial government will bear huge expenses of Rs5 million per patient on liver transplant and Rs1.4 million per patient on kidney transplant.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan termed the development a good news for the people of his province and said free liver and kidney transplant facility would be provided to the patient in other reputed medical institutions as well.

He said his government was working to cover free cancer treatment as well as free OPD services under the Sehat Card Plus Scheme.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2022