Pink Ribbon Pakistan Chief Executive Officer and Founder Dr Umar Aftab met Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz in which it was agreed to establish Pakistan’s first cancer registry (data bank) in Punjab.
In this meeting, it was decided in principle to train lady health workers for the diagnosis of breast cancer, it was also considered to make the mammograph test facility mandatory for every mail staff in Punjab, while the proposal to build a breast cancer block in Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital was also considered. Also reviewed.
During the briefing, it was informed that PITB will be given the task of creating an app to ensure the availability of mammograph machines, all the staff in the breast cancer block of Pakistan’s first government Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital will be women, cancer patients. Availability of authentic data will facilitate provision of treatment facilities.
In the briefing, it was told that breast cancer occurs at the age of 55 years worldwide and at the age of 35 years in Pakistan. Lady health visitors appointed throughout Punjab will be able to diagnose breast cancer. will begin.
