MRI machine: Punjab government releases Rs90m
The MRI machine at the HFH stopped functioning in 2008
The meeting was told that the Punjab government would also install machinery worth Rs350 million at the three hospitals by November. PHOTO: FILE
RAWALPINDI:
The Punjab government has released Rs90 million for the purchase of an MRI machine for the Holy Family Hospital (HFH).
At a meeting of the Board of Management of the Allied Hospitals and Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) on Saturday, officials also noted that the provincial government has separately released Rs50 million for improvement of the HFH’s Burn Unit.
The board meeting, held under the chair of the Board of Management Chairperson Dr Muhammad Aslam, was also attended by the RMC Principal, Dr Muhammad Umer, the HFH Medical Superintendent (MS), Dr Shafique Sarwar, the Benazir Bhutto Hospital MS, Dr Asif Qadir Mir, District Headquartres Hospital MS Dr Khalid Ranadhawa and other health officials.
The MRI machine at the HFH stopped functioning in 2008.
But the company had refused to replace the machine and the hospital was without the facility since then.
The meeting was told that the Punjab government would also install machinery worth Rs350 million at the three hospitals by November.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2016.
The Punjab government has released Rs90 million for the purchase of an MRI machine for the Holy Family Hospital (HFH).
At a meeting of the Board of Management of the Allied Hospitals and Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) on Saturday, officials also noted that the provincial government has separately released Rs50 million for improvement of the HFH’s Burn Unit.
The board meeting, held under the chair of the Board of Management Chairperson Dr Muhammad Aslam, was also attended by the RMC Principal, Dr Muhammad Umer, the HFH Medical Superintendent (MS), Dr Shafique Sarwar, the Benazir Bhutto Hospital MS, Dr Asif Qadir Mir, District Headquartres Hospital MS Dr Khalid Ranadhawa and other health officials.
The MRI machine at the HFH stopped functioning in 2008.
But the company had refused to replace the machine and the hospital was without the facility since then.
The meeting was told that the Punjab government would also install machinery worth Rs350 million at the three hospitals by November.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2016.