Sehat card falls short of providing relief to polio victims
The programme does not cover poliovirus victims who have developed permanent disability after contracting the virus File Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has become the first province to introduce universal health coverage under the Sehat Card Plus Programme, offering families free treatment in different private and public sector hospitals. The programme, however, falls short of providing treatment to everyone. The programme does not cover poliovirus victims who have developed permanent disability after contracting the virus. “Artificial limbs are covered but those with muscle weaknesses and permanen...
Source: tribune.com.pk
