RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif chaired a meeting here on Sunday which reviewed progress on Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute project, human resource affairs, and establishment of Hepatitis Filter Clinics. During the meeting, the decision was also taken to establish endowment fund for Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute.

While presiding over the meeting, the Chief Minister said that work is in progress on the huge project of kidney and liver medical treatment facility in the provincial capital. The Chief Minister said that poor and dismal patients will get fee medical treatment in Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute and this 470 bed institute will prove to be a milestone for treatment of kidney and liver patients. Besides provision of medical facilities to kidney and liver patients, the research work will also be done in this institute to prevent spread of these diseases.

The Chief Minister said that first phase of this hospital will be completed by the end of this year and it would start providing modern medical facilities to the patients. The Chief Minister said that there would be high quality human resource and state of the art machinery available in the institute. Third party audit of the human resource appointed for this institute is also essential and there should be some set up for modern training of this human resource as well, he added.

The Chief Minister instructed not only to prepare a model and plan for the training and refresh courses of human resource but also for a horticulture plan for the beauty of the institute. The Chief Minister said that the Punjab government is endeavoring hard on hepatitis control program and that is why first Hepatitis Filter Clinic has been established at the site of Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute and this clinic is busy in providing medical facilities to liver patients. He said that the same Hepatitis Filter Clinics will also be established in every district of the province. Program for the establishment of PKLI and Hepatitis Filter Clinics is a great project for people’s welfare. With hard work, courage, and determination we have to move forward and complete these projects. President Board of Governors Pakistan Kidney & Liver Transplant Institute Dr. Saeed Akhtar gave the briefing on the progress of these projects.