MULTAN: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope that the much-delayed under-construction 500-bed Nishtar Hospital II will be completed soon.
The prime minister is on a one-day trip to Multan along with the federal ministers, during which he also visited the Bahauddin Zakaria University and distributed youth loans and laptops.
Speaking during his visit to under-construction 500-bed Nishtar Hospital II, he said public welfare projects suffered a major set-back during tenure of previous government.
“The PTI government had wasted four years while not allocating enough funds for the hospital, in these four years the hospital was completely neglected,” he said.
He directed completion of public welfare projects on priority basis and stressed that such programs should not be politicized in the best interest of people.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said that PTI neglected the project launched by Nawaz Sharif and PML-N. He said the project is still under construction which will be completed on September 30.
The prime minister said non-implementation of development work affected the large population of patients in the city and adjoining areas.
He expressed confidence that under the supervision of Interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, the expansion of hospital would be completed by September 30.
PM Sharif also lauded the efforts of Commissioner Multan, the Health Secretary and other officials concerned in carrying out the hospital project effectively.
He proposed the idea of establishing a Medical City in the area to facilitate the locals with state-of-the-art medical facilities.
The prime minister said that the federal government is trying to reform the health sector. He visited Nishtar Hospital-II and inspected various departments of the hospital.
