ISLAMABAD: A 200-bed additional block with cochlear implant centre and Critical Care Unit (CCU) has opened in the Capital Hospital.

Capital Development Authority (CDA)Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed inaugurated the new building as well as other health facilities.

The additional block’s construction had begun in 2020.

The chairman was informed that 87 doctors, including paramedical staff, had been deployed for the additional block and nine specialists had also been appointed.

He was told that more doctors and paramedical staff were being posted.

“The CDA management is taking all possible steps to provide quality facilities to citizens,” a press release issued by the CDA said on Sunday.

The civic agency’s chairman said the newly-appointed doctors should provide the best treatment to patients.

He said the purpose of constructing the additional block was to provide high quality medical facilities to a maximum number of citizens.

The Capital Hospital, which is meant for the civic body’s employees, also provide health facilities to other patients and is the third largest public-sector hospital after Pims and Polyclinic.

Published in Dawn, March 21st, 2022