Caretaker Federal Minister for Health Dr. Nadeem Jan on Friday visited Infectious Diseases Hospital in Chak Shahzad.
The purpose of the visit was to take stock of the facilities and performance in the hospital. The Infectious Diseases Hospital consists of 250 beds.
Dr. Nadeem took notice and expressed concern over the hospital not being functional for last two years.
The minister formed a three-member committee to make the hospital fully operational, which would be headed by Dr. Muhammad Salman, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute of Health.
The committee will formulate an integrated strategy to make the hospital fully functional.
The minister directed the committee to submit its recommendations to him on urgent basis.
Later, Dr Nadeem Jan visited Regional Blood Centre. More than forty staff members were absent from the Regional Blood Centre.
He took notice and instructed to issue explanation letters to the staff absent from duty.