Sindh Govt releases Rs50.399mn for Lyari General Hospital

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KARACHI: Sindh Government during the current fiscal year released Rs 50.399 million of the total Rs 253.876 million allocated for Revitalisation and Revamping of Lyari General Hospital (LGH).

Sindh Minister for Finance, Syed Murad Ali Shah in his budget speech on Friday said the scheme is meant to provide better health services to the people of Lyari.

He said Rs 159.101 were released for upgradation and improvement of Civil Hospital, Karachi.

The Liaqut University Hospital, Jamshoro, Hyderabad was provided Rs 48.992 for upgradation of its casualty department.

The Finance Minister said a trauma center is being constructed at Sehwan at a cost of Rs 45.548 million and Rs 40.548 million were released this year for early completion of the facility.

A scheme worth Rs 200.33 million for establishment of Anti Rabies and Anti Snake Vaccines' laboratory at Peoples Medical College Hospital, district Benazirabad, at Nawabshah and Sakrand cities, is also under implementation, he said.

For early completion of the laboratories Rs 40 million were released this year, he said.