PM reviews major hospital projects, directs swift completion

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked for the initial stage of the Jinnah Medical Complex and Research Centre to be finished by March of next year, according to a press release. Presiding over a review session in Islamabad, he stressed that healthcare access for citizens is a key government goal. He also pushed for quicker progress on health sector reforms.

Officials at the meeting presented several designs and proposals for the planned complex, while the Phase-II expansion of the Federal Government Polyclinic was also reviewed. It was agreed that the Polyclinic extension now being built in Sector G-11 will serve as the opening section of the Jinnah complex, so that the facility can start operating as soon as possible. Sharif wants the hospital to be a modern, advanced facility with high-tech equipment, and he asked that third-party validation continue alongside construction.