Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wednesday said that 200 bed Cardiology hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan Khan would be completed in two years at the cost of Rs 4.28 billion. Participating in the budget debate in the National Assembly, she said that Rs 3 billion would be spent in the first phase for the construction of eight medical departments and other facilities over an area of 44 kanals in two years.
“However a 100-bed facility will be made functional in the second phase,” she added. She said such a modern medical facility, which will benefit patients from all the four provinces, should have been established years ago as it would also help to lessen the burden on the hospitals in Lahore and Multan. “It is the gift of the PTI government for south Punjab. Public welfare projects will be completed on priority basis with the provision of other necessary facilities,” she said.
She also thanked Murad Saeed and Asad Omar for allocating Rs 52 billion for the construction of roads in Dera Ghazi Khan.
