The government is focusing to upgrade primary and secondary healthcare institutions, while presence of doctors and availability of medicines is being ensured to provide best treatment facilities to the patients, said Punjab Advisor to Chief Minister on Health Salman Rafiq while addressing a seminar held at Mayo Hospital to observe World Epilepsy Day on Wednesday.
Talking on the occasion, Professor Nasrullah said that epilepsy has an old history and great personalities like Aristotle, Alexander, Isaac Newton suffered from this disease.
He said that prominent cricketer Jonty Rhodes was also a patient of epilepsy. He said that various prominent personalities of Pakistan are also patient of epilepsy. He disclosed that two million people in Pakistan are suffering from epilepsy and majority of these patients belong to rural areas. He said that epilepsy is a curable disease and the medicines used for its treatment are of low-price but our society has various superstitious believes about this problem and instead of consulting doctor, they go to the so-called spiritual healers.
He said that there is a dire need of creating awareness amongst the masses about diseases.