CM pledges improved treatment facilities for brain tumor patients

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jun, 2026) Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed solidarity

with patients suffering from brain tumors and prayed for their speedy recovery

on World Brain Tumor Day.

In a message, she paid tribute to healthcare professionals and all those working

for the treatment and support of brain tumor patients, describing the disease as

a silent but devastating condition. She emphasized that raising public awareness

about brain tumors was of utmost importance, as timely diagnosis and treatment

remained key to ensuring a healthy life.

The chief minister said brain tumors posed not only a medical challenge for patients

and healthcare providers but also an emotional and psychological trial for families.

She stressed that public awareness was the strongest weapon against such silent

diseases, adding that greater understanding of early diagnosis and treatment options

could help control the disease and save lives.

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CM Maryam Nawaz said early detection and prompt medical intervention were essential

to preventing complications and reducing mortality associated with brain tumors. She said

Pakistan’s first government-run Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital would serve as a beacon

of hope for brain tumor patients, adding that free treatment would be provided to cancer

patients at all stages of the disease at the Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer.

The chief minister further said the Nawaz Sharif Institute of Cancer and Research Centre

would soon become fully functional. Under the “Healthy Punjab” vision, she added, the

provincial government was ensuring the availability of the best treatment facilities for

brain tumors and other neurological disorders in public hospitals across Punjab. She also

highlighted ongoing efforts to enhance the capacity of medical professionals to improve

the care and management of brain tumor patients.