LAHORE: Availability of authentic data of cancer patients will facilitate better treatment facilities, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said at a meeting with Dr Umar Aftab, chief executive officer and founder of Pink Ribbon Pakistan.

She was apprised that in October, the Pink Ribbon campaign will be launched under her leadership.

The chief minister reviewed a proposal to build a breast cancer block in Pakistan’s first government-run Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital. She was informed that all staff in the breast cancer block will be female.