Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a briefing on
revamping of Cantonment Hospital Rawalpindi today at Islamabad.
Eng. Khurram
Dastgir Khan, Minister for Defence, MNA Malik Abrar Ahmed, Secretary Finance
and senior officers attended the briefing.
Director General
Military Lands & Cantonments briefed the Prime Minister about health
facilities being provided to the residents as well as non-residents at
Cantonment Hospital Rawalpindi. He also briefed the meeting about plans for
renovation and equipping the facility with the latest medical equipment for
provision of better health services to the people especially the poor. The
Prime Minister was informed that besides making the existing 500-bedded health
facility fully functional, establishment of a medical college was also included
in the up-gradation plans.
The Prime Minister
observed that ensuring availability of adequate health facilities to the
citizens, especially catering to the health needs of the poor segments of
society, was among the foremost priorities of the government. He said that
Federal Government would provide possible support to the Hospital enabling it
to serve the community in a more efficient manner.
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