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Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that billions of rupees were being spent to ensure the provision of best health facilities to people in addition to improving performance of the health sector, and promotion of medical education.
Presiding over a meeting to review mega health projects in the province at Chief Minister’s Secretariat, he said new hospitals and medical colleges were being constructed throughout the province.
He directed Special Assistant on Health Kh Salman Rafique and the Communication and Works Secretary to personally visit Shahdara and Sargodha to review the pace of work at the under construction hospitals. The chief minister directed improving sanitary conditions in all hospitals throughout the province along with taking steps on a war-footing to purge hospitals of rodents and cats. He said the sad incident of mouse biting which occurred at a Rawalpindi hospital, should not happen at any hospital in Punjab otherwise responsible persons would not be spared.
He said the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology and a 410-bed hospital in Bahawalpur would be fully functional by January 2013 while District Headquarters Hospital, Bhawalnagar, would be upgraded and the foundation of a medical college at Bhakhar would also be laid soon.
Shahbaz Sharif said a 410-bed hospital in Bahawalpur was in the last phase of its completion which would not only provide modern facilities to people of Bahawalpur division but also to people of Sindh and Balochistan. He said work was going on to complete Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology which would provide medical care to cardiac patients. He said a 310-bed hospital at Shahdara was being constructed while upgrade of DHQ hospital in Sargodha was also being expeditiously completed. He said, “Billions of rupees are being spent on construction of new hospitals which are aimed at providing modern medical facilities to people.” He warned that any delay in the completion of the public welfare projects was
intolerable and ordered to further expedite the pace of construction of the new hospitals.
joins PML-N: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif met with former Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi and his elder brother and former MNA Col (retd) Ghulam Rasool at his Raiwind residence on Friday.
Afzal Sahi is from Faisalabad and was considered very close to Gen Pervez Musharraf. During his meeting with Nawaz Sharif, Sahi announced quitting the PML-Q and joining the PML-N.
Nawaz Sharif welcomed their joining of the PML-N and said the PML-N would fully benefit from their political experience. Afzal Sahi was of the view that people were looking towards Nawaz Sharif for prosperity and progress of Pakistan and the PML-N would emerge as a single largest political party in the next elections.
The meeting was also attended by CM Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah Khan, Ch Sarwar and former Senator Farooq Khan.
Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Indar Kumar Gujral.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that billions of rupees were being spent to ensure the provision of best health facilities to people in addition to improving performance of the health sector, and promotion of medical education.
Presiding over a meeting to review mega health projects in the province at Chief Minister’s Secretariat, he said new hospitals and medical colleges were being constructed throughout the province.
He directed Special Assistant on Health Kh Salman Rafique and the Communication and Works Secretary to personally visit Shahdara and Sargodha to review the pace of work at the under construction hospitals. The chief minister directed improving sanitary conditions in all hospitals throughout the province along with taking steps on a war-footing to purge hospitals of rodents and cats. He said the sad incident of mouse biting which occurred at a Rawalpindi hospital, should not happen at any hospital in Punjab otherwise responsible persons would not be spared.
He said the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology and a 410-bed hospital in Bahawalpur would be fully functional by January 2013 while District Headquarters Hospital, Bhawalnagar, would be upgraded and the foundation of a medical college at Bhakhar would also be laid soon.
Shahbaz Sharif said a 410-bed hospital in Bahawalpur was in the last phase of its completion which would not only provide modern facilities to people of Bahawalpur division but also to people of Sindh and Balochistan. He said work was going on to complete Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology which would provide medical care to cardiac patients. He said a 310-bed hospital at Shahdara was being constructed while upgrade of DHQ hospital in Sargodha was also being expeditiously completed. He said, “Billions of rupees are being spent on construction of new hospitals which are aimed at providing modern medical facilities to people.” He warned that any delay in the completion of the public welfare projects was
intolerable and ordered to further expedite the pace of construction of the new hospitals.
joins PML-N: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif met with former Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi and his elder brother and former MNA Col (retd) Ghulam Rasool at his Raiwind residence on Friday.
Afzal Sahi is from Faisalabad and was considered very close to Gen Pervez Musharraf. During his meeting with Nawaz Sharif, Sahi announced quitting the PML-Q and joining the PML-N.
Nawaz Sharif welcomed their joining of the PML-N and said the PML-N would fully benefit from their political experience. Afzal Sahi was of the view that people were looking towards Nawaz Sharif for prosperity and progress of Pakistan and the PML-N would emerge as a single largest political party in the next elections.
The meeting was also attended by CM Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah Khan, Ch Sarwar and former Senator Farooq Khan.
Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Indar Kumar Gujral.
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