Public Healthcare: Capital to have five more hospitals

CADD minister says a cancer centre at PIMS also on cards

ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) State Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday said that around five hospitals including a cancer centre were being set-up for people of the capital and its surrounding areas.

Responding to various supplementary questions during Question Hour, the minister said these hospitals were being at Bhara Khau, Tramri Chowk, Sihala and Rawat.

He said the cancer hospital was being set up with an estimated cost of Rs5 billion at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). He said PC-1 of these hospitals has already been approved and token funds were also allocated in the current year Public Sector Development Prorgamme (PSDP) for these.

The minister said Tramri Chowk and Bhara Khau hospitals would have 500-bed and 200-bed facility respectively.

He said these hospitals were additional to the expansion of Polyclinic, Federal Governments hospitals and National Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine (NIRM).

Regarding Polyclinic, the minister said that the hospital was being up-graded from 550-bed t0 1100 bed and a land measuring 20 kanals has already been transferred to it besides giving its possession.

However, he said work could not yet be stated due to stay order granted by a court.

Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) State Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said that a specialised system is being planned to hire trained liver transplant surgeons and intensive care specialists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).

He stated this while responding to a Call Attention Notice in the Senate about the non-functioning of a Liver Transplant Center at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) due to lack of trained transplant surgeons, hepatologists, anesthetists and intensive care specialists.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 24^th, 2018.