28-09-2011  18:06:23
PM to perform ground-breaking of 1,000-bed project at Poly Clinic
ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will perform the ground-breaking of the extension project of Poly Clinic consisting of 1,000 beds to be built at one-third portion of Argentina Park. The Prime Minister was talking to Argentinean Ambassador Rodolfo Martin Saravil who called on him at the PM House.  The Ambassador appreciated the project and offered that his government would be very happy to train the paramedics’ staff that plays an important role in the post treatment recovery.
The Prime Minister thanked the Ambassador and the government of Argentina for the offer, adding that such training programme would help in overcoming the shortage of nurses in the country.
 He said Pakistan’s Foreign Minister will visit Argentina in November and this high-level contact will strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Gilani thanked the Argentine government for collaboration between the pharmaceutical companies to produce vaccine of Hepatitis at affordable price for the Pakistani patients. Also the opening of a Medical College at the Complex to produce doctors and nurses will be a quantum leap in delivery of health services, he added. 
 The Prime Minister underscored the need of frequent top-level exchanges between the two countries.
 Tommy Heinrich, the writer of ‘Pakistan Golden Thrones’, who is also a mountaineer and a photographer, presented the book to the Prime Minister on the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Argentina.
The Prime Minister was greatly impressed by the contents and the photographs in the book portraying natural and scenic beauty of the Northern areas.
 He also proposed the writer to visit Multan, which is a living city since 5,000 years where, and said he would find historical places and also beautiful deserts, giving the perfect idea of diversity of land and people.
 The book will be launched in Argentina in the presence of Pakistani Foreign Minister and her Argentine counterpart during her visit to the country.