First-ever National Police Hospital to be set up

The Islamabad Capital Territory Police has granted approval for the establishment of the first-ever 100- bed National Police Hospital. The state-of-the-art facility aims to provide advanced healthcare facilities to approximately 12,000 police officers. In this regard, the Planning Commission, Ministry of Development and Planning, has permitted the hospital's construction after the special interest of Federal Minister for Development and Planning Ahsan Iqbal and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan who highlighted the lack of a hospital for the police service in the country, a senior police official said on Friday.

He said that the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir Khan had approved the project to provide a much-needed healthcare facility to the force and their families. The completion of the said project would also enable citizens of the federal capital to get medical treatment from the facility. The construction of residential flats for doctors and paramedics, the official said was also part of the project.

Apart from this, a designated parking and air ambulance facility would also be ensured in the area. Similarly, the hospital building would run on solar power as per the vision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to reduce energy costs. The treatment facilities include medicine, cardiology, neuro, surgical, intensive care unit (ICU), medical ICU, cardiac ICU, and cardiac care unit. The increasing of bedding capacity to 200 was also under consideration.