Rs 2000 Mln Approved For Establishment Of Cancer Hospital At ICT

Senate Standing Committee on Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Monday was informed that Central Development Working Party (CDWP) had approved Rs 2000 million for the establishment of Cancer Hospital in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Aug, 2018 ) :Senate Standing Committee on Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Monday was informed that Central Development Working Party (CDWP) had approved Rs 2000 million for the establishment of Cancer Hospital in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

The Cancer Hospital Islamabad was the project of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Executive Director Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr Amjad informed the Senate Committee in a detailed briefing.

The committee meeting was held here under the Chairmanship of Senator Dr Ashok Kumar which also attended by the Senators including Mir Muhammad Yousaf Badini, Muhammad Asad Ali Khan Junejo, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Sardar Muhammad Shafiq Tareen, Sajjad Hussain Turi, Nighat Mirza, Saadia Abbasi, Samina Saeed and officials from the PIMS.

The committee suggested the said above Cancer Hospital should be established at National Institute of Health (NIH) Hospital as it has enough land.

He also informed the senate body that PC-1 for the establishment of Liver Transplant at PIMS has been approved.

Lauding the efforts for improving the medical services at PIMS Hospital, the Chairman committee said that the Dr Amjad had changed our minds about the hospital's performance.

Dr Amjad invited the senate body to visit the hospital and hold next meeting at PIMS.

In his briefing Dr Amjad said that around 1.

2 million patients had been checked at PIMS during the years 2017-18.

He informed the committee that PIMS did not have fully functioned oncology department at the hospital; adding only one doctor of the said department was available.

However, he said that all type of operations were being conducted at the PIMS.

Eight Renal transplants had been conducted so far, he added.

Sharing the details, ED PIMS said that currently, 1150 posts were vacant at the hospital which would be filled by the incoming government.

He said that current budget of PIMS was Rs 4245 million. On the request of ED PIMS, the committee recommended the Pakistan Works Department (PWD) to complete the construction work at hospital within eight months to continue the system smoothly.

He also told the body that eight Kidney Transplants had been conducted since last one and half month at PIMS.

Around 45 beds were working at PIMS emergency, he said adding that new emergency of the hospital had also been functioned.

While, giving details about the Cardiac Center at PIMS, he said that stents and medicines were being provided freely to the patients.

Presently, more than 100 ventilators were working at the hospital, he told.

At the end, the committee also recommended that an another PIMS type hospital should be established in ICT as earlier hospital is unable to bear the burden of patients.