Punjab Rs75bn cancer institute aims for early first-phase opening
At a Lahore progress review, Punjab’s health minister listed operating rooms, an ICU and a 30-bed emergency unit among amenities planned for the Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital Lahore.
Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said NSICT&R will include ten radiation bunkers, a paediatric oncology wing, theatres, an ICU and a 30-bed emergency unit.
The Lahore complex is a Punjab government project estimated at Rs75 billion and is described as Pakistan’s first cancer hospital run wholly by the state.
Phase one covers the main block, bone-marrow services, a cancer clinic, staff housing and a mosque; phase two adds a 300-bed building and parking.
Board chair Captain (Retd.) Zahid Saeed and Health Secretary Azmat Mahmood pressed IDAP to finish the opening phase on schedule.