Rs2.85bn for children hospitals in three cities LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khwaja Salman Rafique says the government will construct three children hospitals at Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Bahawalpur at a cost of about Rs2,850 million (Rs2.85 billion). He was presiding over a review meeting of Annual Development Programme (ADP) of health department at Civil Secretariat on Sunday, says a handout. Punjab Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik, Director General Health Dr. Zahid Pervez, Additional Secretary Health (Technical) Dr. Salman Shahid, Chief Planning Officer Abdul Haq Bhatti and other senior officers attended the meeting. The meeting accorded approval to 65 schemes. The health secretary directed that DCO of respective districts and divisional commissioners be contacted to acquire land for the project. He said consultants be hired for the projects and feasibility report be prepared on an urgent basis. Chief Planning Officer Abdul Haq Bhatti said construction work on Children Hospital, Faisalabad, was under way and the project would be completed soon. Khwaja Salman directed that work on project of rehabilitation and repair of nursing hostel be started immediately. He said a meeting should be called on a fortnightly basis to review progress on the development projects and utilisation of funds. He said work on Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Centre in Lahore would also start soon. For the purpose, a trust would be established and a summary had been sent to the chief minister for approval of names of the trustees. The meeting also decided to constitute a technical committee to prepare classifications for the procurement of mobile health units for the under-developed districts of Punjab. The meeting decided that blood centres would be established in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Sargodha at a cost of Rs100 million. Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik directed that the chief planning officer and director of Blood Transfusion Service should visit Indus Blood Transfusion Centre, Karachi, and submit a feasibility report to establish centres in Punjab on the model of Karachi centre.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:08:37 +0000
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