Maryam Nawaz opens Jhelum Cath Lab, orders angioplasty within 24 hours

JHELUM: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has inaugurated a cardiac catheterisation laboratory (Cath Lab) at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Jhelum, saying patients will no longer need to travel to other cities for cardiac treatment. During her visit to the city, the chief minister toured the hospital’s departments and met patients receiving treatment there.

No angioplasty patient to wait over 24 hours
Maryam Nawaz directed that no patient requiring angioplasty at any hospital in Punjab should have to wait more than 24 hours. She said every hour matters for a heart patient, so delays in treatment are unacceptable. From the control room, she watched a live angiography procedure and spoke to patients recovering after angioplasty about their condition.

2,400 patients treated, modern facilities in place
The Cath Lab offers angiography and angioplasty alongside ECG, a modern operation theatre and ventilators. The chief minister was told the facility has already treated 2,400 patients. She also checked the quality and expiry dates of medicines and injections in the Cath Lab store and inspected the wards and the operation theatre.

Own home and sports project too
During the same visit, the chief minister inaugurated a four-marla house built for a beneficiary of the Apni Chhat Apna Ghar housing scheme and launched the Rs1.195 billion restoration project of the Jhelum Gymnasium and Sports Complex. Maryam Nawaz said it gave her immense satisfaction to see citizens move into homes of their own.