The federal government has approved three health projects at a cost of 11.25 billion rupees.

The Central Development Working Party approved these projects, indicating government’s commitment to focus on the health sector besides, infrastructure plans.

The Islamabad Cancer Hospital will be established at a cost of 3.40 billion rupees. The 200-bed cancer hospital will include 75 beds for adult oncology, 25 beds each for PAEDS, women oncology, and Intensive Care Unit, while 30 beds will be reserved for private and 20 beds for emergency.

It is pertinent to mention that the 200-bed cancer hospital project was approved during the last PML-N’s tenure from 2013-2017 under its Vision 2025 strategy. However, the previous government of PTI shelved this project as a result the poor patients were deprived of this facility.

The CDWP also approved the National Police Hospital project at the cost of 6.48 billion rupees to be established in Islamabad. The 100-bed hospital will provide tertiary healthcare facilities to 12,000 personnel of the Islamabad Police and the general population of ICT.

Similarly, the Upgradation of Radiology Department at Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore at the cost of 1.37 billion rupees also got CDWP nod. A total of 18 types of different equipment shall be procured including 1.5 Tesla MRI machine, 128 slice CT Scanner, and Mobile X-rays.

Source: Radio Pakistan