Free transplant services launched
Free organ transplants for the common man have been initiated under the Punjab Chief Minister Transplant Program. The program will completely cover five major transplant surgeries, namely: liver, kidney, bone marrow, cochlear implant, and cornea.
Eligibility and Registration Process
According to the spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s House, the individuals, if eligible, will have to first register with the Punjab Human Organ Transplantation Authority to avail of the program. After registration, one can get transplant services in both government and private hospitals.
Government’s Assurance for Health Facilities
Considering that organ transplant procedures are very complex and expensive and beyond the reach of many, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that whereas the government is committed to seeing that no citizen is denied life-saving medical interventions of any degree on account of financial incapacity.