Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved the establishment of stroke centers in every division of the province as part of a wider expansion of emergency stroke treatment facilities.
The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by the chief minister in Lahore on Monday, where officials reviewed progress under the Chief Minister’s Stroke Program.
The meeting was informed that 40 Primary Stroke Centers are already fully operational across Punjab, while another 17 are expected to become functional by December.
So far, 336 stroke patients have reportedly been saved from permanent disability after reaching designated stroke centers in time following an attack.
Trained doctors and medical staff are available at the 40 operational centers, which also have a stock of 710 Tenecteplase (TNK) injections for stroke treatment.
The provincial government also plans to establish neuro-angiography suites this year at Teaching Hospital Rawalpindi, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Nishtar-II Multan, and Teaching Hospital Sargodha.
Comprehensive Stroke Centers are already operating at the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences in Lahore and the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology.
In Lahore, Primary Stroke Centers have been set up at Services Hospital, Mayo Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, General Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Shahdara Teaching Hospital.
Stroke-treatment injections are also available at Nishtar Hospital Multan, Allama Iqbal Hospital Sialkot, Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan, Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur, and Allama Iqbal Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan.
Primary Stroke Centers are also operational at District Headquarters hospitals in Sheikhupura, Mandi Bahauddin, Kasur, Khanewal, Vehari, and Multan.
In addition, stroke-treatment injections are available at DHQ hospitals in Bhakkar, Layyah, Gujranwala, Narowal, Jhang, Jhelum, Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal, and Gujrat.
The government has also established stroke centers at Children’s Hospitals in Multan and Faisalabad, Sadiq Abbasi Hospital Bahawalpur, Nishtar-II, Teaching Hospital Sargodha, and Allied Hospital-II Faisalabad.
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