MOHMAND: Residents of Mohmand demanded that Chief Minister Sohail Afridi ensure the ‘Jwandoon Card’ facility for the residents, as they could not afford expensive treatment in the hospital.
Local patients are facing severe difficulties due to the non-availability of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s new health program ‘Jwandoon Card’ in the largest medical center of the tribal district Mohmand, District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Ghalnai. In this regard, focal person Inamullah Khan, while talking to Pakhtun Digital, has demanded that the government immediately start this facility in Mohmand district as well.
According to the report, while free check-ups and provision of medicines through ‘Jwamdoon OPD Card’ have started in other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, this system has not yet been installed in the main hospital of Mohmand district, due to which poor patients are forced to pay heavy fees at private clinics.
Focal person Inamullah Khan, while expressing his views to Pakhtun Digital, said that Mohmand is a backward area where the majority of the people are living below the poverty line. The government’s ‘Jwandoon Card’ program is not limited to inpatients but also provides OPD facilities, so it is inevitable to have it in Mohmand.
In the report, Shakirullah Mohmand clarified that the local population and social circles have demanded that the federal and provincial governments rehabilitate all hospital blocks and start the process of registering Jwandndoon Cards by April 2026 so that people can get free treatment at their doorstep.
According to officials, Jwandoon Cards have currently been launched on a trial basis in specific districts (such as Mardan, Kohat, and Chitral); however, the people of Mohmand are waiting to see it in their district as well.
Sehat Card covers the costs of major operations and hospital admissions, while the Jwandoon Card has been introduced to eliminate the burden of doctor’s fees, tests and medicines for everyday ailments in OPD.
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