PKLI signs MoU for free transplants   

PESHAWAR: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute (PKLI), Lahore and State Life Insurance of Pakistan.  

Under the MoU, the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would get free kidney and liver transplant facilities at Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute, Lahore. This free liver and kidney transplant facility would be provided to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) patients under Sehat Card Plus Scheme.  

The enormous expenses of Rs. 5 million per patient on liver transplant and Rs. 1.4 million per patient on kidney transplants would be covered by the provincial government under the Sehat Card Plus Scheme. 

Mahmood Khan, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, had termed the development as good news for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and asserted that free liver and kidney transplant facilities would be free provided to the patient of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in other reputed medical institutions as well.  

He added that his government was working to cover free cancer treatment as well as free OPD services under the Sehat Card Plus Scheme.