What happened: On March 1, Punjab government announced that the health department will provide free treatment for infertility in the province, starting from June 2022. Details: The Punjab Health Department claimed that the province will be the first in the country to offer government-funded treatment for infertility, “This department has been built for the first time at Lahore’s Mother-Child Care Hospital.” Why it matters: The commercial sector costs hundreds of thousands of rupees for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which allows childless couples to have a test tube baby. The government will now provide the service free of cost to childless couples. The department: The institution would offer free prenatal diagnostics of physical and mental disorders in children. According to the health department, “A centre will also be developed to diagnose health problems in pregnant women.”