ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A first ‘satellite clinic’ equipped with latest technology has been launched in the federal capital to provide health services to the people.

At a cost of Rs3 billion, the clinic includes main hospital building, a hotel, multi-storey parking, off-site clinics in sectors F-11 and F-8, an auditorium and a mosque.

First phase of the hospital comprising 100 beds will be completed in December this year, while its second phase is likely to be completed within next two years.

The clinic offers treatment facilities for rheumatoid arthritis, osteo-arthritis, osteoporosis, backache, muscle pain and connective tissue diseases.

The clinic has been launched by the Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital (QIH), a project of Global Health Services.

A group of physicians is already providing free medical services to patients and actively involved in other social and community welfare services from this platform.

Dr Shaukat Ali Bangash, founder of the QIH, on the occasion said that over 120 well-trained and experienced doctors from all over the world had joined hands in building this 400-bed hospital.

He said the hospital would not only provide job opportunity to over 2,000 people but also bring million of dollars as foreign exchange to the country.—APP