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Punjab Reports Stroke Program Saved Four Patients in Lahore

Free TNK doses underscore a drive to make urgent stroke care reachable across every district.

Overview

  • During Eid-ul-Fitr, the Services Hospital stroke centre gave rapid TNK injections that reversed severe strokes within hours.
  • Officials said the Specialized Healthcare Department is supplying the costly TNK drug at no charge to patients.
  • Families of the four patients said they could not have afforded the injection without government support.
  • Fourteen stroke centres now operate across Punjab, with the government planning to extend the service to all districts.
  • Neurology head Dr. Muhammad Adnan Aslam urged people to watch for blurred vision, facial droop, slurred speech, imbalance, or limb weakness, and to reach a stroke centre within three to four hours.