From Punjab To KP: Contract awarded for Swat kidney hospital
Health secretary hoped that the hospital would be completed within 15 months.
LAHORE:
Health Secretary Arif Nadeem said on Friday that the Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital to be constructed in Swat would prove a memorable gift to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from people of Punjab.
Nadeem, who is also Board of Trustees of Punjab Hospital Trust secretary, said The people of Punjab donated generously for the project led by Trust Chairman Ishaq Dar who gave Rs50 million. He said that in the beginning, there was a plan to construct a general hospital for which homework had been completed. The trust members from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, however, requested in August 2011 that a kidney hospital should instead be constructed. He said the request was unanimously approved.
He said an approval had been granted for awarding the hospital contract. He said the board had approved the proposal to name the hospital as Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital. He said the work would be formally inaugurated after the Eidul Azha.
He said the hospital project would cost Rs600 million. The building would be completed at a cost of Rs230 million.
He hoped that the hospital would be completed within 15 months.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2012.
Health Secretary Arif Nadeem said on Friday that the Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital to be constructed in Swat would prove a memorable gift to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from people of Punjab.
Nadeem, who is also Board of Trustees of Punjab Hospital Trust secretary, said The people of Punjab donated generously for the project led by Trust Chairman Ishaq Dar who gave Rs50 million. He said that in the beginning, there was a plan to construct a general hospital for which homework had been completed. The trust members from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, however, requested in August 2011 that a kidney hospital should instead be constructed. He said the request was unanimously approved.
He said an approval had been granted for awarding the hospital contract. He said the board had approved the proposal to name the hospital as Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital. He said the work would be formally inaugurated after the Eidul Azha.
He said the hospital project would cost Rs600 million. The building would be completed at a cost of Rs230 million.
He hoped that the hospital would be completed within 15 months.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2012.