Govt Allocates Rs9.11 Billion to Boost Healthcare Facilities Nationwide

The projects include 32 ongoing and 30 new initiatives, with a focus on improving healthcare facilities across the country.

Sources claimed that Rs5.56 billion has been allocated for ongoing projects, while Rs3.35 billion has been earmarked for new projects. The ministry has also proposed allocating Rs200 million for the construction of four basic health units in Islamabad.

Other projects include the upgradation of various hospitals and healthcare facilities, the purchase of medical equipment, and the establishment of new health centers.

The ministry has also proposed allocating funds for the prevention and control of diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS.

Meanwhile, funds were not earmarked for the ongoing project to prevent blindness in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The proposed budget includes

Rs300m for the ongoing IDSR program

Rs400m for the 200-bed emergency center in PIMS

Rs30m for the 200-bed gynae center in Rawalpindi

Rs100m for the community health center in Budhana Kalan

Rs100m for the community health center in Bara Imam Islamabad

Rs500m for the upgradation of Jinnah Hospital Islamabad

Rs100m for the Ghurrah Shaahin Zocha Bacha Center

Rs290m for the establishment of a disease control center in Islamabad