Agenda:
WORLD HEPATITIS DAY LIVER CANCER IN PAKISTAN
Date: FRIDAY 9TH OF JULY
Time: 10-15 PMPM PST, 6-15 PM (UK), 6-15PM GERMANY 11-15 AM (USA)
PSSLD and Urdupoint conducted a webinar on World Hepatitis Day on the 9th of July, 2021 that was streamed live on Urdupoint. Dr. Muhammad Affan Qaiser, Senior anchor person hosted this live session. Professor Dr. Shahid Rassol, head of the department of Gastroenterology at University medical & dental college of Faisalabad and Dr. Muhammad Irfan Rashed from Toba Tek Singh were the guests who raised the issue of growing number of hepatitis patients every day in Pakistan. They urged the government to provide safe water and the facilities of free blood screening tests to detect hepatitis at the early to save lives at the right. Right decision at the right time would save many people from succumbing to death.