The government health cards for free treatment have become useless in Lahore as private hospitals have refused to treat patients with dengue fever on it.
According to the 24News HD TV channel, after the refusal of the private hospitals to treat dengue patients, the reality of the PTI government's claim of providing Rs48 billion for treatments on the health card was revealed.
The channel report said that the private hospitals are also not giving the test facility for diagnosing dengue fever to the patients on the health cards and the patients are facing a severe situation for their treatment.
Reporter: Zahid Chaudhry