Chakwal to have 500-bed DHQ hospital
A 500-beds new District Headquarters Hospital would be set up in the Chakwal district to help ailing segments of the society, said Provincial Minister for Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Dr Yasmeen Rashid.
She paid a surprise visit to Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Kallar Kahar, on Saturday.
The minister said that the facility of dialysis centre had been provided to the THQ, Kallar Kahar hospital, while it would be expanded soon as earlier the patients had to go for dialysis to the Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi.
She also visited various hospital departments and interacted with the patients there. The minister also took a round of the new emergency department established at the hospital and lauded the role of philanthropists who provided funds for setting up the emergency block at the hospital.
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The hospital's Medical Superintendent briefed the minister about the details of medical facilities provided to the patients in the hospital.
Dr Yasmin expressed satisfaction over the sanitation arrangements at the hospital and said that the facility for CT scans and MRI would be provided to the THQ hospital soon. The state-of-the-art trauma centres would also be set up at two more locations in the area, including in the area of Dullah, she added.
The minister said the best kind of healthcare facilities would be available to the people after the affiliation of different hospitals with Rawalpindi Medical University.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 27th, 2022.