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Islamabad: Medical college to be set up in capital - Naveed Yaseen - 10-29-2008 07:41 AM
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority CDA will establish a medical college in the city and upgrade the Capital Hospital, said CDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Khan on Tuesday. He stated this during a visit to the hospital and directed its executive director and senior officials to start work on the proposal to upgrade the hospital on modern lines, said a press release. He directed the hospital officials to submit the proposal within a month to convert the hospital into a teaching hospital. CDA Foundation: Khan said CDA would establish a foundation for welfare of its serving and retired employees. The civic body will allocate land and Rs 20 million funds for the foundation, he added. He said services of retired and working employees of the authority would be hired to run the foundation and people like Dr Hamid Zeb Khan would be included as members of foundation’s advisory board. Khan visited different departments of the hospital including nephrology, dialysis centre, eye ward, laboratory and emergency ward. The doctors informed him that the hospital conducted 300 dialyses in a month. Khan directed the hospital officials to upgrade dialysis centre and orthopedic, eye and general surgery departments and blood bank on immediate basis. CDA in its board meeting on Tuesday decided to extend Margalla Road to link it with GT Road. The meeting also approved allotment of a plot measuring 500 yards for a dispensary in Sector I-10 to provide best medical facilities to the residence of the area. The meeting also decided to establish another park in Sector I-8/2. A committee comprising representative of CDA and citizens will look after affair of the park. staff report
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