Pakistan, Nov. 12 -- Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz inaugurated a cardiac catheterisation laboratory (Cath Lab) at the District Headquarters Hospital in Jhelum, saying patients would no longer have to travel to other cities for cardiac treatment.

During her visit, the chief minister inspected the wards, semi-modular unit and operation theatre, and checked the quality and expiry dates of medicines and injections. She also witnessed a live angiography procedure from the control room and met patients recovering after angioplasty.

A Dubai-based driver, Shehzad Naveed, told the chief minister that he had returned to Pakistan for free cardiac treatment after developing a heart condition. He said he had initially been given an appointment ...