Network of latest hospitals spread across Punjab, says Shehbaz

LAHORE, Apr 27 (APP):Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the 100-bed Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Kahana Nau here Friday.
He went to different wards and inquired after the health of the patients.
The chief minister asked about the standard of medical facilities from patients and their attendants who expressed satisfaction over the provision of facilities in the hospital.
Talking to the patients, Shehbaz Sharif said more than Rs 550 million had been spent on this hospital and round-the-clock best facilities had been ensured through a public-private partnership based system, adding people of the area would enjoy latest healthcare facilities.
Later, addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Chief Minister said same facilities were provided in this hospital which were available in other best national and international hospitals. “Best lab, latest machinery, professional doctors and trained medical staff are available in this hospital which will provide efficient treatment facilities to the patients coming from Kasur and other adjoining areas,” he said and added that there would be no strike, and no one would mistreat the patients.
“The needy patients will enjoy the same facilities which are accessible to the affluent in expensive hospitals. There is a filter clinic to provide medical facilities to hundreds of patients everyday in an organized manner,” he said.
The chief minister said a network of latest hospitals had been spread across the province and high-quality medicines were being provided in public sector hospitals. A best-equipped surgical tower had been completed in Mayo Hospital along with construction of 300-beds new block in Services Hospital, he added.
Similarly, he said, a new department had been set up for the treatment of children in Children Hospital with a capacity of 600-beds. Along with it, he said, 1200-bed PKLI was being completed at a cost of Rs. 20 billion and it would be the best medical institution in the whole of South Asia for the treatment of kidney and liver diseases.
“Such a quality hospital does not exist in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and the credit goes to the Punjab government which is completing this hospital with its own resources,” he said, adding a new department with a capacity of 350-bed had also been established in General Hospital.
Similarly, five new hospitals had been established in the provincial metropolis and its adjacent areas during the last five years having a total capacity of 500-bed, he said and added that these hospitals had been established in Lidhar, Manawan, Raiwind, Sabzazar and Kahana Nau areas with an individual capacity of 100-bed each. With the establishment of latest periphery hospitals, the people would be saved from the hassle of coming to hospitals situated in the city centres. “A new system has been introduced in the hospitals and due to it, there will be no strike nor the staff would be absent from their duties. The needy patients will also enjoy best treatment there,” he added.
He said a network of hospitals had been spread in the province, adding that CT scan machines were being installed in every DHQ hospital to provide round-the-clock CT scan facility. Similarly, lab system had been updated so that the patients might not have to go to other hospitals or outside labs for diagnosis, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said he always opposed strikes in hospitals because it was the duty of doctors to serve the ailing humanity.
He said political opponents were unnerved because they had not done anything in their provinces. “PTI and Peoples Party are two sides of the same coin who are speaking lies day and night. Zardari and Niazi have join hands and Bilawal House and Bani Gala have become harmonized with each other. They have ruined the country and it is the duty of the nation to take revenge from them through the power of their votes in 2018 election,” he added.
He said NAB and other agencies were active in Punjab saying if corruption of even a single penny was proved against him, he would be answerable to people. “Protecting corruption is a national crime because resources are a sacred trust of the nation. Those who are involved in corruption must be punished,” he said.
Shehbaz Sharif said orange line metro train which was a public interest project had been delayed for 22 months due to PTI’s shenanigans because its office-bearers went to the courts.
“These elements have meted out cruelty with the people by delaying this project and the voters have to take revenge of it through the power of their votes in the elections. PTI damaged the country though its agitational politics and sit-ins,” he said.
He said, the efforts to overcome energy crisis under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif had bear fruit. If people gave an opportunity to serve them again then all the federating units would be equally developed and the country would be made a welfare state in the real sense, concluded the chief minister.
Provincial Minister Kh. Imran Nazir, Lord Mayor Mubashar Javed, Mian Ahsan and Dr. Abdul Bari of Indus Trust, MPAs and a large number of people were present on the occasion.