A 300-bed hospital would be established at Bahawalpur, which would have modern health care facilities. According to Commissioner Bahawalpur, Muhammad Mushtaque Ahmad, a district headquarters hospital would be established in Bahawalpur. He said that record development works were underway in Bahawalpur and the government was trying to provide modern facilities to the people at their doorsteps. He said that a drug and food-testing laboratory would also be set up in Bahawalpur.