ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): The government has planned to upgrade
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Federal Government
Polyclinic (FGPC) hospital with the addition of more state-of-the-art
facilities for patients.
According to an official of Capital Administration and
Development Division (CADD), a PC-1 for construction of new self
contained specialty block in PIMS comprising a 50-bed burn centre,
an improved mother and child centre, new 200-bed gynecology centre
and a new 100-bed trauma centre on the model of Punjab.
He added a new OPD of 150 consulting rooms catering for at least
3,000 consultations per day, a 200-bed Children’s Hospital new block,
with a 50-bed central ICU and a new operation theatre complex will also
be part of the project.
He said that the proposal was made under the direction of the
Prime Minister for up-gradation of government health facilities in
the federal capital.
He said that the government was also working on extension of
Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC) hospital and for the said purpose
a land piece of 2.54 acres adjacent to FGPC has been allocated.
He added possession of the land has been taken from Capital
Development Authority (CDA) and now feasibility study will be
started soon and construction of new building will be started
accordingly.
The official said that after the said construction, the bed
capacity will be increased from 545 existing to 1100 and allocation
of Rs. 100 million as token allocation has been made in the PSDP of
current financial year (2016-17).
He said that all diagnostic facilities would be made available
at the hospital.
He said that the government has decided to improve the services
at federal capital’s major hospitals PIMS and FGPC as both hospitals
were providing health Services to the residents of Islamabad, Rawalpindi,
their adjoining areas, Northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu
and Kashmir.
Sharing the details of patients’ load, he said that during
last two years the number of patients provided treatment at FGPC
hospital was 2.9 million in 2014-15 and 3.03 million in 2015-16.
The number of out-patients in morning was 0.96 million, out-
patients in evening 0.125 million, emergency services 0.233 million,
dispensaries and centres OPDs 0.472 million while vaccination and
immunization services 33,917 patients, he added.
He said blood bank services have served 89,132 patients,
radiology services 0.109 million, pathology services 0.84 million,
indoor services (admission) 32,282 patients and 8262 surgeries were
also performed during the period.
Similarly, the patients provided treatment during the year
2015-16 included out-patients in morning at the hospital was 1.012
million, out-patients in evening 0.128 million, emergency services
0.257 million, dispensaries and centres OPDs 0.432 million and
vaccination and immunization services 25,735 patients, he added.
He said radiology services have supported 0.139 million,
Pathology services 0.88 million, indoor services (admission) 26,503
patients and 5,343 surgeries were also performed during the period.
He said that the government would upgrade all basic health
care units in rural areas of the federal capital to reduce workload
on PIMS and Polyclinic.