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LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that creating awareness about the disease is the need of the hour. No previous government even thought of the plight of Thalassemia patients. “Its treatment was very costly in the past but now the government is providing free treatment to Thalassemia patients,” she was speaking as chief guest at a ceremony organised by Thalassemia Federation Pakistan and Sundas Foundation at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday.
Present on the occasion were DG Health Services Punjab Dr Haroon Jehangir Khan, Additional Secretary (Technical) Primary Secondary Healthcare Department Dr Asim Altaf, Vice-President Thalassemia Federation Pakistan Dr Sarfraz Jaffery, Medical Advisor Dr Javera Mannan, Dr Hussain Jaffery, Prof Javed Ch, Syed Adnan Jamil, officials of the Lahore chamber and students.
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