IGP for setting up Punjab Police Welfare Hospitals

Mar 19, 2021

LAHORE   -  Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani said that for the establishment of Punjab Police Welfare Hospitals to provide medical treatment facilities to officers and personnel, the devised plan should be completed as soon as possible.

He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting on construction of Punjab Police Welfare Hospitals at the Central Police Office here on Thursday. During the meeting, issues related to identification of places and resources required for setting up of Police Welfare Hospitals were reviewed. The IG Punjab said that in the first phase, suitable sites for construction of Punjab Police Welfare Hospitals in major cities like Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan should be identified and in case of non-availability of pertinent sites then other alternative sites should  be identified. He said that the construction work of hospitals should be completed preferably with police welfare funds while in case of shortage of funds a request should be made to the government.

He further said that in such state-of-the-art hospitals, provision of facilities, testing laboratories and other equipments should be ensured while employees of Punjab police along with ordinary people will take benefit with functioning of such state-of-the-art hospital of Police Welfare Project.  He said that the provision of health facilities would alleviate the medical problems faced by the force and their families.

During the meeting, CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mehmood Dogar and RPO Rawalpindi Imran Ahmar  while briefing on the proposed master plan of Punjab Police Welfare Hospitals said that establishment of welfare hospitals for providing medical facilities to police personnel is a matter of urgency. 

The establishment will greatly improve the process of providing medical facilities to police personnel. He further said that all the requirements, resources and other related aspects are being considered in detail under a comprehensive strategy to make these hospitals functional, on which IG Punjab directed that final planning report on construction of hospitals should be fully prepared and put it on next session after one week. Additional IGs, RPOs, DIGs  and other officers were present on the occasion.

(The Nation)

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