Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicines (Irnum) Patients' Welfare Society has demanded the provision of modern machinery, special funds and facilities to ensure timely and better treatment of cancer patients in the facility.
The demand was made by president of the society, Ghulam Sarwar Khan Mohmand and general secretary, Dr. Safoora Shahid while addressing a press conference here in Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on Thursday.
They said that the hospital requires two modern machines priced Rs200 million to provide better and timely treatment to patients of cancer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA and Afghanistan.
They called on FATA Secretariat, Commissionerate for Afghan refugees and philanthropists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for extending financial assistance to the hospital for provision of better and timely treatment to the patients.
On this occasion, Dr. Safoora Shahid said that the hospital was established by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with 75 beds with capacity of provision of treatment to 1000 patients.
However, he said the deadly disease is increasing with each passing day and now the number of registered patients with the hospital had surpassed the figure of 5000.
She said that out of ten kinds of cancer, breast cancer is top fatal disease, which required research. But, they are lacking modern laboratory and funds in this regard. She said that due to increase in the number of patients, they are providing treatment in two shifts.
She said that on February 4, like other countries, World Cancer Day will be observed in Pakistan, whose basic objective is prevention and creation of awareness regarding the disease among the people.
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