LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated the revamped DHQ Hospital Narowal, which had been done at a cost of Rs 760 million.
The evening facility of OPD had also been made available in the hospital.
He inaugurated new emergency block, hepatitis filter clinic and CT-Scan machine there.
The hepatitis filter clinic has been constructed with Rs 30 million and important sections had been added to this 300-bed hospital.
The chief minister also inaugurated mobile health units for Narowal and Sialkot districts and handed over the keys to the deputy commissioners concerned.
He visited various sections of the hospital and inquired after the health of the patients. He said due to holistic healthcare reforms, same medicines were provided to the ordinary patients which were accessible to elite of the society adding that ordinary people hade equal rights over quality healthcare facilities.
Later, talking to media, the chief minister said mega healthcare projects had been completed by the government for improving the standards of medical facilities.
He said DHQ Hospital Narowal had been revamped and its capacity had been increased to 300-beds. "Mobile hospitals have also been provided to Narowal and Sialkot districts to provide quality healthcare facilities to the people living in remote areas," he added.
He said latest machinery had been installed in various DHQ hospitals. He said, the unholy alliance of the local mafia had also been broken and no one would ever dare to pressurize the patients to get their CT-scans done from outside by making lame excuses.
Shehbaz Sharif maintained that aong with the latest facility of PKLI in Lahore, a network of hepatitis filter clinics had been spread across the province to provide free treatment and medicines to the patients.
The chief minister said Imran Sahib had failed to set up any quality medical university, state-of-the-art pathology lab, new colleges or hospitals in KPK.
He said power projects had been installed in Punjab province but their electricity was being provided to the whole of the country.
He said Zardari Sahib had gone to Dubai now-a-days. "I pray he may return back soon to take part in the elections and enjoy the public reception.
He further said DHQ Hospital Narowal had been developed as a wonderful healthcare institution which could be compared with any hospital of Turkey and Malaysia.
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