FBR issues specifications for MHUs

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued minimum specifications/accessories for vehicles to be treated as mobile health unit/clinic for availing tax exemption.

According to a Customs General Order (CGO) issued by the FBR Monday, the vehicles to be treated as mobile health unit/clinic must have the following minimum specifications/accessories: patient beds equipped with adequate lighting system, a small separate cabin for X-ray diagnosis, the ECG machine & monitor, cabin equipped with complete water connections and washbasin, HB automatic blood cell analyser, body weight , defibrillator, nebulizer, blood pressure monitor, break room appliances such as blood bank refrigerator, medicine storage cabinetry and storage shelving, examination and operation theater/ table, medicine trolleys, reinforced air conditioned cabins with doors, oxygen supply system with cylinder, rotary lamp and siren, fire extinguisher, water & fire resistant flooring, permanent marking as ‘Mobile Medical Clinic’ and suspension system of base vehicle will be shock absorber.