Federal Govt to set up state of art healthcare facility in Peshawar
Laid foundation stone of Rs one billion Research Institute of Hepatology, Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation (RIHEHP) & Research Institute of Diabetology, Endocrinology and NCDs (RIDENC in Khyber Medical University, Peshawar). These institutes will offer state of art services of liver transplant for patients developing Liver cancer and will treat complications of diabetes like ketoacidosis, renal, cardiac, eye and foot ulcers and will offer advanced interventional radiology services for peripheral angioplasty. The institutes can further look into the possibility of pancreatic transplant as a cure for diabetes in the future.
The project will provide the highest standard of medical allied health education and research through innovative programs and use of quality resources. The Communicable and non-communicable diabetes will be managed in a pragmatic way based on the latest clinical evidence.
The project will provide physical infrastructure of 91,228 sft for Diagnostic radiology, blood bank, Community outreach program, Epidemiological & Epidemiological data Centre, Clinical trial unit, Patients and attendants diagnostic pathology, OPD’s, wards, LRC, consultants offices and other operational requirement.
Three (03) scholars shall be sent abroad for PhD, while 35 faculty members will be trained in surgical, medical, pathology, anaesthesia, and in lever transplantation locally & internationally.
Well-equipped pathology laboratories, Clinical and epidemiological, Basic Genetic and Stem Cell research, and radiology services will be provided. State of the art computer lab will be established to meet the demand of all the students and faculty. The lab will provide with the networking and all allied facilities.
Another project of the Federal Government for KP's youth. Laid the foundation stone of Rs 500 million research and seminar block at IM Sciences University, Peshawar of which federal government will provide Rs 400 million. IM Sciences University is a leading educational institution of KP. We will benefit from the faculty and research capability for developing industrialization plans for KP.