ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister`s National Health Programme has so far provided indoor hospital treatment to more than 26,000 beneficiaries for various medical and surgical illnesses.

According to an official statement released on Saturday, more than 260 open heart surgeries, 700 angiographies, 1,000 cycles of dialysis, 1,400 normal deliveries, 1,700 C/sections, 980 cholecystectomies, 1,400 hernia repairs, 1,400 appendectomies, 1,000 cataracts and 1,300 hysterectomies were performed.

It is claimed that as per third party survey conducted by National Database and Regulatory Authority (Nadra), more than 93pc patient were satisfied with the programme.

The programme has recorded one of the highest ratios of cardiac anomalies in the Khyber Agency of Fata. Due to which Prime Minister`s National Health Programme has performed more than 40 open heart surgeries for the beneficiaries of Khyber and Bajour Agencies, mostly Khyber, during first three month of its launch.

The programme is designed to provide health care services to people who earn less than $2 per day.

This includes services for normal delivery and C-sections. So far more than 15,000 women have been treated in the programme for various ailments, the statement claims.