SAHIWAL, June 17: The proposal for establishing the Sahiwal Medical College has been approved by the Punjab chief minister, official sources said.

This medical college will be a public-private partnership. The provincial government will provide Rs 4 billion as seed money while the district government of Sahiwal, in collaboration with the Sahiwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will generate resources, including land and finances, for the up-gradation of the DHQ, Haji Abdul Qayum and Silver Jubilee Maternity hospitals.

The three hospitals will operate as teaching hospitals of the medical college, it is learnt.

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