Lahore, December 11, 2021 (PPI-OT):On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, The Cabinet Standing Committee for Finance and Development has given the approval to include five projects of the health sector in Annual Development Programme 2021-22. These projects will cost Rs 6.58 billion.
According to details, in order to ensure quality healthcare facilities for the children, as directed by Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, the government has included the project of setting up of University of Child Health Sciences Lahore in the Annual Development Programme 2021-22. This project will cost Rs 4.16 billion.
The University of Child Health Sciences will be a state-of-the-art institution for the treatment of children where modern facilities of diagnosis, treatment besides promoting the research and development of Pediatrics diseases would be ensured. Similarly, the government has also approved to set up Dentistry College in Rawalpindi at a sum of Rs. 24 crore and a dental college in Quaid-e-Azam Medical college Bahawalpur at the cost of Rs. 24 crore and these projects have also been included in ADP 2021-22.
Moreover, approval has also been given for the procurement of Linear Accelerator equipped with necessary facilities for the Oncology department Mayo Hospital at a cost of Rs. 84 crore and MRI and CT scan for the radiology department of General Hospital which will cost Rs. 50 crore and these schemes have also been included in the Annual Development Programme 2021-22.
The Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said that the provision of quality healthcare facilities to the people is the top priority of the incumbent government. The government during the last three years has substantially increased the budget for the health sector besides ensuring quality healthcare facilities to the remote areas of the province.
For more information, contact:
Office of the Chief Minister of Punjab
Government of the Punjab
8-Club Road, GOR-I, Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99205562-3
Fax: +92-42-99205561
Website: https://cm.punjab.gov.pk/