CM to inaugurate cardiology institute

The Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo is expected to inaugurate the Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (SMBZAN) Institute of Cardiology Quetta soon as the development work has been completed, said a senior official of Balochistan government on Friday.

Talking to APP, he said the government has approved budget, the recruitment of human resources and salary package of doctors and other staff for running the institute.

The government had already provided required and modern equipment to the first-ever cardiac institute of 120-bed in Quetta in collaboration with the government of United Arab Emirate (UAE).

The official said the project was started at a cost of Rs3 billion in 2019 after Prime Minister Imran Khan laid down its foundation. He added that it had a capacity to treat hundreds of patients on daily basis.

He said currently, the cardiac patients were being referred to the different hospitals of the country, which was putting extra burden and causing problem for the locals, as well.

He said the provincial government was striving to extend best healthcare services to the people at their doorstep, adding that around 15 District Headquarters Hospitals of the province will be initially connected to the institute.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 5^th, 2022.