PDWP approves six development schemes

LAHORE:

The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved six development schemes for health and education sectors with an estimated cost of Rs6,007.929 million.

These schemes were approved in the 39th meeting of the PDWP of the current fiscal year 2022-23, presided over by Secretary Planning & Development Board Dr Sohail Anwar, in the provincial capital on Thursday.

The approved development schemes included the purchase of ventilators for a tertiary care hospital in Punjab at the cost of Rs864 million, provision of cyberknife technology/equipment for Nishtar Hospital, Multan, at the cost of Rs1,572.750 million. Provision of linear accelerator with allied health facilities for cancer treatment in Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital, Gujrat, at the cost of Rs1,300 million and linear accelerator for cancer treatment in Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital, Faisalabad will be provided at the cost of Rs1,300 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2023.