Our Correspondent
Quetta
The first ever cancer hospital of Balochistan Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Quetta is going to be operational soon as the construction work is in its final stages.
An official of Balochistan government told the project was initiated as per public demand which would facilitate the cancer patients within the province.
He said that the government has allocated Rs 1billion in current Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the establishment of cancer hospital in Quetta.
The federal government had also made commitment to provide its supports in building the first cancer hospital of the province.He said Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan would inaugurate the hospital.
The cancer hospital would be the first of its kind, primarily focusing diagnosis of the fatal disease.