5 hospitals being set up for people of capital, surrounding areas: Senate told

ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (APP):State
Minister for Capital Administration and Development Authority (CAAD) Dr Tariq
Fazal Chaudhary on Tuesday apprised the Senate that around five hospitals including a cancer were
being set -up for people of the capital and its surrounding areas.
Responding
to various supplementary questions during Question Hour, the minister said
these hospitals were being at Bhara Khau, Tramri Chowk, Sihala and Rawat.
Cancer hospital was being set up with an estimated cost of Rs.5 billion at
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PMIS), he added.
He said PC-1
of these hospitals has already been approved and token funds were also
allocated in the current year Public Sector Development Prorgamme (PSDP) for
these.
The minister
said Tramri Chowk and Bhara Khau hospitals would have 500-bed and 200-bed facility
respectively.
He said
these hospitals were additional to the expansion of Polyclinic, Federal
Governments hospitals and National Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine (NIRM).
Regarding
Polyclinic, the minister said that the hospital was being up-graded from 550-bed
t0 1100 bed and a land measuring 20 kanals has already been transferred to it
besides giving its possession. However, he said work could not yet be stated due
to stay order granted by a court.