Punjab Police inked MOUs with two institutions including Noor Thalassemia Foundation and Evercare Hospital.
Both institutions will provide support in the treatment of Thalassemia and other disorders including Cochlear implants, IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar.
Noor Thalassemia Foundation will provide free treatment for Thalassemia, hemophilia and other blood disorders to police personnel and their children. IG Punjab
Evercare Hospital will provide 25% discount to families of martyrs and 20% discount to Punjab police employees and their family members in emergency, OPD, lab, diagnostic and in-patients services etc. IG Punjab.
Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has signed MOUs with 02 institutions for the welfare of police personnel and their families under which police personnel and their special children will get modern medical treatment facilities. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar signed MoUs with Noor Thalassemia Foundation and Ever Care Hospital in a ceremony held at the Central Police Office. On behalf of Evercare Hospital, CEO Irfan Khan and Director Thalassemia Foundation Sajjad Ahmed Cheema signed the MOUs. Under the MOUs, both institutions will provide support to police personnel and their children in the treatment of Thalassemia, other blood related disorders iand Cochlear implants too.
IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar welcomed the MOUs with both institutions and said that Noor Thalassemia Foundation will provide free treatment for Thalassemia, hemophilia and other blood diseases to police personnel and their family members. Noor Foundation will provide blood transfusion facility to Thalassemia affected children of police employees after co-registration while Punjab Police will support Noor Thalassemia Foundation by organizing blood camps in police premises for donating blood as needed. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar said that under the MOUs, Evercare Hospital will provide 25% discount to families of martyrs and 20% discount to Punjab police employees and their family members in emergency, OPD, lab, diagnostic and in-patients services etc. Cochlear implant surgeries for hearing impaired children of police employees will be conducted at a discounted rate of Rs 15 lakh. IG Punjab further said that one year of post-surgery and speech therapy services will be provided to persons and children undergoing cochlear implant surgery. The doctors and other personalities included in the delegations of Noor Thalassemia Foundation and Evercare Hospital highly appreciated the sacrifices and efforts of the police force in maintaining peace, law & order and fighting crime. At the end of the meeting, IG Punjab presented commemorative shields of Punjab Police to the heads of both delegations. Additional IG Welfare Muhammad Riaz Nazir Gara, DIG IT Ahsan Younas, DIG Welfare Muhammad Ghazi Salahuddin, AIG Admin Amara Athar, AIG Welfare Naveed Ajmal and other officers were also present in the ceremonies.
(Handout No. 672)
Syed Mubashar Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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