Up-gradation of Govt Children Hospital completed

KARACHI: The up-gradation work of Sindh Government Children Hospital, North Karachi has been completed and inauguration ceremony of the new building will be held soon, sources at Children Hospital said on Wednesday.

They said up-gradation of the Children Hospital in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already been completed and the hospital administration has sent a summery for formal inauguration of the new building to the Sindh Health Department.

They said with the up-gradation of the hospital, the number of beds for patients has been increased to 250 enabling the hospital to accommodate 250 patients at a time.

The improved facilities include operation theatres, medical and surgical ICUs, nursery incubators, ventilator unit, surgery facilities, orthopedic unit, MRI, CT scan, diagnosis unit, as well as treatment of other child diseases.

The hospital has become second largest children healthcare institution in city after National Institute of Child Hospital (NICH).

The project has been completed at a cost of over Rs1 billion.