MANSEHRA, Oct 12: The NWFP government has allocated Rs160 million for the extension and uplift of the mansehra district headquarters hospital during the current financial year.

MMA’s MPA from Mansehra, Shujah Salim Khan, while taking to newsmen here on Saturday said that the government was determined to provide better health-care facilities.

The extension plan, he said, envisaged construction of an OPD, ICU, CCU and new blocks of doctors’ and nursing hostels.

After the completion of the extension project, the DHQ hospital would be provided with modern equipment.

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