Wah General Hospital almost complete

Rs1.32 billion had have been allocated for the project which is to be completed by December 31

RAWALPINDI: Work on the Wah General Hospital (WGH) has been completed to provide best medical care to residents of the area. District Health Authority Chief Executive Officer Dr Sohail Chaudry told APP that Rs1.32 billion had have been allocated for this state-of-the-art health project, adding that it is expected to be completed by December 31. He said that the 100-bed hospital, which would be increased to 500 beds, had been constructed, for which the provincial government had spent Rs1.23 billion. The CEO added that 201 staff including doctors, nurses would perform their duties while 11 departments including radiology, paediatric, orthopaedic, gynaecology, emergency and surgeons would be available to provide best health facilities to the residents of Wah, Taxila and adjoining areas. The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah had provided 96 kanals of land free-of-cost for establishing the hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 11^th, 2017.