Rs13.1b set aside for health sector projects

Rs1.2b allocated for establishment of 200-bed emergency centre at PIMS

ISLAMABAD:

The government has allocated an amount of Rs13,100 million for the completion of 40 new and ongoing health sector projects under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2023-24.

According to the PSDP document, Rs2596.640 million have been allocated for nine new projects while Rs10503.360 million have been allocated for 31 ongoing projects for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Division.

An amount of Rs2298.584 million has been allocated for Sehat Sahulat Program, Prime Minister's National Health Insurance Program Phase-II while Rs2200 million has been allocated for the Establishment of Jinnah Hospital, Islamabad (establishment of Federal Government Polyclinic-II at G-11/3, Islamabad.

The government has allocated an amount of Rs300 million for the purchase of new electro-medical equipment to replace obsolete and old-fashioned machines with regard to care and facilities for disabled patients at the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM), Islamabad. Rs1200 million have been allocated for the establishment of 200 beds accident and emergency centre at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Islamabad including feasibility.

An amount of Rs1,000 million has been set aside for the establishment of Cancer hospital in Islamabad. Similarly, Rs500 million have been allocated for the Prime Minister National Programme for the prevention of diabetes while Rs500 million have been allocated for Prime Minister National Programme for the elimination of Hepatitis C.

An amount of Rs500 million has been allocated for the establishment of the center of biologics and cancer research and treatment at PAQSJIMS at Gambat.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2023.