Medical and Hospital facilities updates

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ISLAMABAD- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday broke ground for the construction of a 252-bed Isolation Hospital and Infectious Disease Center in the federal capital.

The isolation hospital would be constructed by the Frontier Works Organization near National Institute of Health over 40-kanal land, using the pre-fabricated light gauge steel structure. The hospital is expected to be completed by 10th of May this year.

The Chinese government would fund the construction of the facility that had extended the assistance of around $4 million. The project consists of seven patients’ blocks – four male and three female – a laboratory and diagnostics block and another for accommodation of doctors and paramedics.

 

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CM Punjab lays foundation stone of Institute of Cardiology in DG Khan

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May 14, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday has laid foundation stone of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Buzdar Institute of Cardiology in Dera Ghazi Khan.

According to details, Institute of Cardiology will be completed with the cost of four billion rupees.

The CM said that patients suffering from heart disease will be able to get treatment in their own city.

Sources told that Usman Buzdar will also perform groundbreaking of modern intercity bus terminal project worth 33 core rupees.

Besides this, Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone of expansion project of Dot Bridge interlinking traffic of four provinces and Gajjani spur to save lands from river erosion.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister will give the cheque of more than 26 crore rupees to MEPCO for providing electricity to electricity-less localities of Taunsa and Koh-e-Suleman.

 

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MUZAFFARGARH:

500 Bed Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital completed. 250 Bed hospital phase 1 was funded by Turkish Government while 250 bed phase hospital was funded by Government of Punjab started in 2016

 

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Around 48 ventilators of different designs have been manufactured in Pakistan that will be supplied to medical facilities once they are approved by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.
Pakistan Engineering Council says that they were told to make a few changes like addition of artificial lungs which have been made. NDMA has also imported artificial lungs.
Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry has confirmed that the country will begin manufacturing ventilators for commercial purposes from next week.
There will be no compromise on the quality and by the end of the crisis we will have a whole industry developed!

 

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PAF Hospital, Islamabad.
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Pakistan All Set to Become An Exporter of Medical Equipment


Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has revealed that Pakistan is in a position to export safety equipment in the health sector which is a big milestone.

He was addressing a news conference after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministries of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSR&C) and Science and Technology.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza signed the MoU on the behalf of the Ministry of NHSR&C.

Ministers for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza, Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council and Chief Executive Officer Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) were present on the occasion

 

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Fifteen units of 3D printed isolation wards set off from Shanghai and Suzhou for Pakistan.

After one month’s sea transportation, these printed wards will arrive in Islamabad for local COVID-19 prevention and cure.

This batch of 3D printed wards valued about $123,300 is voluntarily donated from Ying Chuang Building Tech (Winsun) after coordination with Consulate General of Pakistan in Shanghai and National Disaster Management Association (NDMA).

The ward’s design is specifically for Pakistan, which shows excellent heat-proof quality. These wards have already been installed with water and electricity utilities, doors, windows and inner decoration.

After assembling and connecting with water and electricity supply, they can be put into use promptly.

It is to be mentioned here that 3D printed isolation wards had been used in Hubei and Shandong, China, during the most difficult times and achieved satisfactory feedback.

The isolation ward, printed from recycled materials, can be transformed into hotel, park lounge, cafe, guardroom, toilet, emergency room for disaster relief.

After crushing, sorting, grinding and high-temperature treatment, these wards can be turned into materials again for printing other new buildings, the report added.

 

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General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) inaugurated the Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) & Cyclotron System and Biplane Angiography System at Armed Forces Institute of Radiology & Imaging (AFIRI) Rawalpindi, today.

COAS said that AFIRI being state-of-the-art facility is providing high quality medical services to people of Pakistan. Acknowledging untiring services and sacrifices of medical staff all over the country he said, that Army Medical Corps will continue to serve the nation through professional excellence and inspiring leadership.

Earlier on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muhammad Amir. Adjutant General & Lieutenant General Khawar Rahman, Surgeon General.

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The power supply of Lahore General Hospital (LGH) has been made functional through newly built operational grid station of at a cost of Rs110 million in order sustain uninterrupted power supply to the health facility.

Postgraduate Medical Institute and Amiruddin Medical College Principal Professor Fareed Zafar on Monday appreciated the role of the Punjab government for the timely construction and duly completion of the new grid station. Principal Professor Fareed Zafar said the LGH would be powered through direct uninterrupted electricity of 132KV from the national grid station which would help save valuable medical devices from any voltage fluctuation.

He emphasised that the plan would to lead the cut in funds previously required for generator, resulting in lower requirement for budget level and fewer bills, which would mean that saved money would be spent on the welfare of patients.


https://nation.com.pk/04-Feb-2020/lahore-general-hospital-powered-through-new-grid-station

 

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1. KP expanding healthcare capacity:

A 50 bed ICU / HDU now operational with GoKP funding, at the Women and Children Hospital Charsadda, increasing capacity for the district, and surge capacity for the Peshawar valley, now operational.

2. The facility is being expanded in collaboration with the federal govt & an additional 100 bed unit will be made operational August.
Although cases & hospitalisations are mercifully declining we are using the opportunity to scale up preparedness for any second surge.

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CM Mahmood inaugurates 58-bed clinic in Peshawar for coronavirus patients

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INP
July 09, 2020

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Thursday introduced a 58-bed clinic in Peshawar for Covid-19 patients.

Addressing a ceremony, the chief serve Mahmood Khan said that the government will set up another clinic with a capacity of 210 beds in PIC with the assistance of the National Catastrophe Administration Authority.

The clinic will be made operational by the conclusion of this month, he said, and encouraged the individuals to watch the standard working strategies set by the government.The 250-bed segregation healing center has been developed in record forty days at a taken a toll of about Rs.980 million.

It'll meet extra prerequisites to ease weight on the capital’s hospitals. The confinement hospital’s charge has been given over to the National Fiasco Administration Specialist.

NDMA Chairman Lt. Common Muhammad Afzal briefed the prime serve almost the well being facility.

On the event, PM said the Covid-19 bend is straightening since of the government’s steps and provinces’ participation.

 

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Updated 23 Jul, 2020 11:10am
Punjab University medical college & hospital plan gets PM’s nod
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a nod of approval for the establishment of Punjab University Medical College and its allied hospital on varsity’s new campus to serve as public sector institutions.

The Punjab specialised healthcare and medical education department has presented a detailed college and allied hospital establishment and management plan to the prime minister and sought funds for the purpose.

The Punjab cabinet committee on finance had also held its 37th meeting on Monday and allowed the health department to proceed for the establishment of Punjab University Medical College and its allied hospital.

University to provide running cost to college; health dept to bear hospital’s expenditure

According to the plan, the medical college will be set up at PU’s statistical and actuarial sciences building and allied hospital on varsity’s land alongside the road leading from canal to the Karim Block, Allama Iqbal Town. It is learnt that the Punjab University has agreed to allocate its some 300 acre land for the allied hospital.

The Punjab health department has agreed to initially set up a 800-bed hospital having cardiology and general hospital towers on about 60 acres of land.

The PU, it is learnt, has insisted that the university itself would offer degrees to its students as it used to give medical graduation degrees before the establishment of the University of Health Sciences.

The Punjab specialised and medical education department has agreed to PU’s demand and assured that the department would move to amend the relevant law so that the PU could offer its degrees to the medical graduates. The health department has also agreed that it would spend funds from its kitty to establish the allied hospital and continue giving running cost [for the hospital].

The PU would fund the medical college and bear its running cost including payment of salaries to the faculty and other staff of the college.

The specialised healthcare department has required that the PU medical college and allied hospital would serve as public sector institutions and follow all government rules and instructions including admission through the centralised admission system conducted by the University of Health Sciences and fee structure.

Since the health department has asked that the medical college and allied hospital will be supervised by a dean and a board of governors, a source said the government would enact a new law that would be a mixture of the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Act and the Punjab University Act.

The PU administration, it is learnt, has agreed to the new management regime but yet to sign the agreement with the health department.

A source in the health department said the PC-I had projected Rs8 billion cost but the department planned to arrange some Rs14bn to execute the plan. “The health department has held several meetings with the Punjab University management and will move forward, when the [PU] administration would sign the management regime,” the source added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1570542

 

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Soft inauguration of the new building of NICVD Hyderabad by Executive Director of NICVD,

 

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Children eye hospital to be functional by Jan 2021

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Online
August 31, 2020

Asia's largest children eye hospital is scheduled to be functional by January 2021. The children eye hospital will have a capacity of treating one hundred and fifty thousand children annually, a leading eye trust announced Monday.

The Rs one billion project is in final stage at the premises of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi which will have a capacity to cater for the needs of 500 OPD patients per day, said President Al-Shifa Trust Maj. Gen. (Retd) Rehmat Khan.

Talking to the media men here, he said that our data regarding school screening shows that 20 percent of children bears some sort of eye problems while 5 percent of them have severe eye disorders.
He said that trust is constructing first children eye hospital in the country with a capacity of 500 OPDs and fifty complicated surgeries would be performed in a day.
https://nation.com.pk/31-Aug-2020/c...of-actual-control-amid-renewed-border-clashes
This will be the biggest hospital in Asia as far as the capacity is concerned for which we are thankful to the philanthropists and the donors, he added.