LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Wednesday announced a donation of five million rupees to Shalamar Hospital for setting up state-of-the-art new wards in the hospital.

The announcement was made by LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh during the LCCI Executive Committee’s visit to the hospital.

Speaking on the occasion, he said the LCCI would also hold a fund-raising dinner during the holy month of Ramazan and 25 percent of the funds generated would again be donated to the Shalamar Hospital.

The LCCI President admitted that Lahore Chamber was quite conscious of its decreasing contribution to the hospital in the last six to eight years and vowed to increase the size of funding to the hospital in coming years.

While appreciating the facilities being offered hospital to the less privileged class of the society, LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said LCCI would be motivating the other philanthropists to contribute generously for the cause of the poor and have-nots.

Earlier, a team of Shalamar Hospital comprising Brig (retd) Mohammad Anis, Principal Shalamar Medical and dental College Zahid Bashir, Medical Director Waqar Saleem Farooqi and GM Marketing Usman Suleman and GM admin Mahnoor Masood gave a detailed briefing to the LCCI office-bearers and the executive committee on the working and the needs of the hospital.