Lahore:
The Prime Minister lamented the mismanagement of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and said that this rare facility has been inactive and pending for two years due to dirty politics.
He expressed these views while inaugurating the state-of-the-art Saleem Memorial Trust Hospital in Lahore. According to state broadcaster Radio Pakistan, the hospital will provide world-class medical facilities to the poor and needy.
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The Prime Minister said that PKLI was set up to provide world class medical services to the poor and needy and billions of rupees were invested in it. He said that he sincerely wanted it and still wants it. I want this institution to become the Johns Hopkins of Pakistan.
He emphasized that it was a world class hospital but regretted how the PTI government ignored it.
He said that the purpose of this institution was to serve thousands of people from all over Pakistan. Famous doctors, physicians and surgeons also came but what happened after the change of government is a sad story. I have not come here to tell that story. Without making any kind of accusation, I must say that this happened only because this institution was created under our supervision, in the end the money of the people was at stake.
The Prime Minister said that after the split pool, the surplus revenue was spent on debt repayment and defense expenditure.
He questioned if a hospital would be built at a cost of Rs 20 billion for the treatment of cancer and liver / kidney transplantation and other ailments while experts from all over the world were called in but if it was ignored. Who suffers in the end?
The Prime Minister said that 5 transplants had been done by the time he inaugurated PKLI in May 2018. He reminded that a patient’s wife had told him that free treatment had changed his life. Gone
He said that this is not a single story, there are thousands of stories and patients who had to be treated but only politics and dirty politics kept the hospital inactive for 2 years, what could be a greater injustice to the poor.
Prime Minister Shahbaz said that when the PML-N government came in 2008 and he was made the Chief Minister of Punjab, he expanded the scope of Rescue 1122 which was headed by Chaudhry Pervez Elahi of PML-Q. Is a step.
He said that it was such a big initiative that I spread it all over the province.
He further said that if the politicians set their course and focus on the welfare of the country then the problems can be solved but for that you have to have a big heart, we have to rise above our likes and dislikes.
The Prime Minister urged Mian Mansha to set up four such hospitals in other major cities of the country. I am like a drop.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that he hoped that if he would invest Rs 6 billion, he would get a profit of Rs 60 billion.
Prime Minister Shahbaz paid homage to all those involved in the establishment of this hospital which will benefit millions of patients in future.
