PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister, Taimur Khan Jhagra on Monday said that over one million people have availed free medical treatment facilities under Sehat Card Program.
In a statement, he said that over one million plus individual treatments now availed on Pakhtunkhwa’s health insurance programme, adding 250, 000 from inception till introduction of the universal health coverage (2016-2020) and 750, 000 under our universal health insurance Sehat Card Plus programme (2021-22).
The minister said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced a Sehat Card Plus like welfare project that was now being extended to the whole country.
He said that under the scheme 7.5 million families of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being provided free medical facilities upto Rs.1 million. The standard of service delivery would be levelled in public and private sector hospitals.
He said that during last January, the facility of the liver transplant was also included in the scheme and till now over six liver transplant and over 60 kidney plants operations have also been conducted so far.
He said that 65000 persons are taking benefits of the Sehat Card Plus on monthly basis.
He further said “It is first-ever health sector project of the country that receiving appreciations at world level and has made the country in general and KP in particular as focus point for the world.
“He said “Such kind of health facilities is available in some of developed countries.”