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Govt Model Town Hospital upgraded

* Hospital MS says upgrade allows for facilities to be made available to general public

LAHORE: The Punjab government has notified the upgradation of the Government Model Town Hospital to the level of a tehsil headquarters hospital.

Government Model Town Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Tariq Ramzan said on Sunday that the upgrade of the hospital allowed for medical specialisation and general surgery facilities to be made available to the general public. He said that 10 private rooms, along with 40 to 60 beds, would be available at the hospital in addition to accommodation for class-IV and gazetted officers.

Dr Tariq said that the Building Department had already started a feasibility study and preparation design of the hospital. He said that the Government Model Town Hospital had been serving as vaccination headquarters of Gulberg Town, vaccinating thousands of children every year. The hospital is also providing ECG, ultrasound, gynea, dental, children ward, eye and ENT facilities on Rs 1 receipt, in addition to lab facilities on nominal charges, he added. Medical specialists and dermatologists also examine patients in the hospital every Monday.

Highlighting the performance of the hospital, the MS said that the hospital had provided free medical care to 56,000 children last year and 46,000 children from January to November during the current year. The Model Town Society established the Government Model Town Hospital in 1935 as a dispensary and the Punjab government took control of it in 1985. app

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