RCH Registered as Filter Clinic for Hepatitis Patients

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Rawalpindi: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Localized Hepatitis Elimination and Prevention Programme (LHEAP), Dr Ansar Ishaq, said on Wednesday that the Punjab government had registered the Red Crescent Hospital (RCH) in Rawalpindi as an urban hepatitis filter clinic.

He told APP that free check-ups, screenings, and treatment facilities would be provided to the people at the RCH filter clinic.

Meanwhile, he informed me that around 36,847 people had been screened for Hepatitis B and C so far during the second phase of the LHEAP drive, which started on July 10, 2023. He said that initially the project was launched in four union councils of Rawalpindi city, which was later extended to nine union councils of the district, including UCs 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 32, 33, and 116. Around 1170 people had been diagnosed positive for hepatitis, including 185 positives for the hepatitis B virus, 985 positives for the hepatitis C virus, and 15 positives for both HCV and HBV, he said, adding that LHEAP’s teams had administered 20,231 doses of vaccine against hepatitis in nine UCs of the district so far. 395