Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a briefing on revamping of Cantonment Hospital Rawalpindi. Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan, Minister for Defence, MNA Malik Abrar Ahmed, Secretary Finance and other senior officers attended the briefing. The 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 PM was informed that besides making the existing 500-bedded health facility fully functional, establishment of a medical college is also included in the up-gradation plans.
The PM observed that ensuring availability of adequate health facilities to the citizens, especially catering to the health needs of the poor segments of society, is among the foremost priorities of the government. He said that the federal government would provide possible support to the hospital, enabling it to serve the community in a more efficient manner.
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