Staff Reporter
Construction work for the new Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Karachi is underway at full pace and the project is expected to be commissioned in less than three years, at a total cost of Rs13 billion. At a press-briefing, Dr Muhammed Aasim Yusuf, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centres (SKMCH&RC) in Pakistan, shared details on this project.
The new Hospital will be located in DHA City on twenty acres of land. It will open as a fully-functional cancer hospital, with all clinical disciplines in place, and equipped with the latest technology, including state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities as well as the latest in treatment planning and delivery systems.