Peshawar - Health experts at a seminar on Thursday called for administering vaccination and hygienic food and drinking water to contain the spread of hepatitis A and E.
Medical Teaching Institute Hayatabad Medical Complex (MTI-HMC) Peshawar on the eve of ‘World Hepatitis Day’ organised an awareness session where experts and staff of Integrated HIV, Hepatitis and Thalassemia Control Programme participated. Experts of Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) called for increased awareness on hepatitis.
Speaking on the occasion, Associate Professor Gastro Dr Altaf said that HMC has been providing free treatment of hepatitis for the past many years in which facilities are provided from diagnosis to supply of free medicines. He said that since 2017, more than 800 patients have been registered and have been provided all required services.
Project Director Integrated HIV, Hepatitis and Thalassemia Control Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asghar Jadoon said that there is a need to spread awareness on prevention. He said that the KP government is committed to spread awareness and provide free healthcare with the help of different public sector hospitals of the province.
At the end of the ceremony, the participants took a walk and the cake was cut to mark the day.
Meanwhile, addressing another seminar organised by Pakistan GI and Liver Disease Society (PGDLS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter and MMC General Hospital in connection with the International Hepatitis Day here on Thursday, the speakers said administering anti-hepatitis vaccination was imperative in the wake of increasing death rate due to the fatal disease. Anti-hepatitis vaccine is available in the country now.
Dr Jibran Ayub, Publication Secretary PGLDS, called for team work and joint efforts by all the stakeholders to eradicate hepatitis. He urged regular follow-up of patients with kidney disease for hepatitis-C before dialysis.
Medical Teaching Institute Hayatabad Medical Complex (MTI-HMC) Peshawar on the eve of ‘World Hepatitis Day’ organised an awareness session where experts and staff of Integrated HIV, Hepatitis and Thalassemia Control Programme participated. Experts of Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) called for increased awareness on hepatitis.
Speaking on the occasion, Associate Professor Gastro Dr Altaf said that HMC has been providing free treatment of hepatitis for the past many years in which facilities are provided from diagnosis to supply of free medicines. He said that since 2017, more than 800 patients have been registered and have been provided all required services.
Project Director Integrated HIV, Hepatitis and Thalassemia Control Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asghar Jadoon said that there is a need to spread awareness on prevention. He said that the KP government is committed to spread awareness and provide free healthcare with the help of different public sector hospitals of the province.
At the end of the ceremony, the participants took a walk and the cake was cut to mark the day.
Meanwhile, addressing another seminar organised by Pakistan GI and Liver Disease Society (PGDLS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter and MMC General Hospital in connection with the International Hepatitis Day here on Thursday, the speakers said administering anti-hepatitis vaccination was imperative in the wake of increasing death rate due to the fatal disease. Anti-hepatitis vaccine is available in the country now.
Dr Jibran Ayub, Publication Secretary PGLDS, called for team work and joint efforts by all the stakeholders to eradicate hepatitis. He urged regular follow-up of patients with kidney disease for hepatitis-C before dialysis.
