Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Buzdar laid the foundation stone of three infrastructure and health-related projects, news sources reported on April 06. The three projects include an emergency tower and trauma centre in Services Hospital and Hazrat Hamiduddin Hakim Surgical Complex at Sheik Zayed Medical College in Rahim Yar Khan.
Reportedly, the trauma and emergency blocks will add 800 beds to the existing bed capacity of the hospital. The decision, the CM said, was taken due to the rising population and needs of the city. The project would cost PKR 5 billion and have state of the art medical and emergency related facilities. In addition, he said the government had allocated 7.6 acres of land for the Hazrat Hamiduddin Hakim Surgical Complex at Sheikh Zayed Medical College in Rahim Yar Khan. Therefore, the project will reduce pressure on the Lahore hospitals as the people will be able to get better surgical facilities in their city.
Moreover, he also laid the foundation stone of the Hub and Spoke Model pilot project’s pilot project in the Zahir Pir area of Rahim Yar Khan district. He said now every citizen of Punjab has universal health coverage of PKR 1 million. In addition, the government has allocated PKR 400 billion to support the Sehat Card programme.
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