LAHORE (Web Desk) — The Punjab government has successfully performed over 10,000 free heart surgeries for underprivileged children under the Chief Minister’s Children Heart Surgery Programme, a senior official confirmed on Saturday.
The progress was reviewed during a meeting at the Punjab Health Initiative Management Company (PHIMC), attended by Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, Secretary Specialized Healthcare Azmat Mahmood, senior health officials, and management of Lahore Children’s Hospital. Also present were Prof Masood Sadiq, Vice Chancellor of the University of Child Health Sciences, Additional Secretary Procurement Amirah Babar, Managing Director of Children’s Hospital Prof Tipu Sultan, PHIMC CEO Dr Ali Razzaq, and other officials.
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During the meeting, health authorities briefed participants on service delivery, monitoring systems, and steps to improve patient facilitation under the programme. Health Minister Rafique emphasized transparency in implementation and called for effective monitoring to enhance service quality and ease for patients.
“The Punjab government is fully committed to providing high-quality, free medical treatment to children suffering from congenital heart diseases,” Rafique said. He added that the initiative has benefited children nationwide, with 420 surgeries for children from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 249 from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 106 from Islamabad, 28 from Balochistan, 34 from Gilgit-Baltistan, and 27 from Sindh — all at no cost to their families.
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