Punjab CM Opens New Cancer Treatment Facilities in Multan

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated a Chinese cryoablation centre for cancer treatment at Nishtar Hospital.

She visited the centre and examined the newly installed machine. Officials told her the technology can destroy cancerous tumours using needles and offers a minimally invasive treatment option.

The chief minister also inaugurated a PET-CT cyclotron centre and reviewed the machine’s procedure, along with a radiopharmaceutical production laboratory and pharmacy hot lab.

She inspected the 100-bed cancer centre, including its OPD, ICU, chemotherapy and radiotherapy rooms, digital and CT simulator room, and focused radiotherapy linear accelerator room.

Maryam Nawaz also met the first patient from Kamalia to receive cancer treatment through the cryoablation machine. Speaking to the mother of a patient, she said she had brought the machine from China for cancer treatment and that there was no need to worry.

Officials said a ward for children has also been established at the Multan Cancer Centre, and the chief minister directed authorities to make it fully functional at the earliest.