Pakistan, Oct. 30 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday announced an additional Rs5 billion for stroke treatment and pledged to establish stroke centres, cardiac facilities, paediatric centres and cancer hospitals at every divisional headquarters across the province.

She also announced that heart transplant surgeries would begin soon at the Jinnah Institute of Cardiology.

Speaking at an event marking World Stroke Day at the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS), the chief minister said no stroke patient would be denied treatment due to a shortage of funds, directing officials to inform her directly about any financial requirements.

She visited the institute's intensive care unit and control room, observed neurosur...