Japan gives $32m for PIMS

A further $17 million have been extended to Islamabad for its economic social development programme

ISLAMABAD: Japan on Wednesday extended approximately $32 million for expanding the Maternal and Child Health Care Centre and the Children’s Hospital at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims). A further $17 million were extended to Islamabad for its economic social development programme.

The grant agreements were formally signed on Tuesday between Japan’s Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asia Pacific - Special Secretary Ahmad Imtiaz in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono oversaw the agreement.

The project for the extending the Intensive Care at Maternal and Child Health Care Centre and Children’s Hospital in Pims has been supported to meet the growing needs at the hospital.

Under the project, a new ward will be built and necessary medical equipment for mothers and children who require urgent attention will be provided to the hospital.

This will enable Pims to provide better quality services for high-risk mothers and children and accommodate as many as 300 intensive-care patients a year. 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 25^th, 2019.