SIALKOT: 24 health centres lack facilities

Published
0

SIALKOT, June 21: As many as 20 Basic Health Units (BHUs) and four Rural Health Centres (RHCs) have no water supply, sewerage and boundary walls and the district government is spending Rs4.79 million on providing these facilities.

This was stated by Nazim Mian Naeem Javaid while talking to newsmen here on Sunday. The Nazim announced the import of a CT Scan-MRI facility for the under-construction trauma centre at the Allama Iqbal Memorial (DHQ) Hospital in active collaboration with local businessmen and philanthropists.

He said that 70 per cent of the construction had been completed. An ultra-modern "Burn Unit" was also being established at the trauma centre. The government was spending Rs55m on it.

He said that construction of the Kot Bhukraan BHU was under way at a cost of Rs4.848 million while the government dispensary at Sambrial-Daska had been upgraded to hospital level at a cost of Rs20 million.

Booked: A case was registered against five policemen by the Hajipura police on the orders of the Lahore High Court. The order was issued on a writ petition filed by exporter Aslam Butt against Uggoki police station former inspector Wasim Dar, SI Anwar Farooq, ASI Amjad and two other policemen.

Mr Butt submitted on Dec 24, 2002, that the police burst into his house and beat up women on offering resistance and took away valuables. The took him to the Uggoki police station where they tortured him and released him after receiving heavy bribe. No arrest has been reported.

Opinion

Editorial

Parliament’s place
11 Oct, 2026

Parliament’s place

MUCH has changed in just a little over a decade. In 2015, when the question of Pakistan’s involvement in the...
Disturbing the peace
11 Oct, 2026

Disturbing the peace

THIS year’s Nobel Peace Prize is well-earned. The winner, South African jurist Dr Navi Pillay, has had an...
A voice in care
10 Oct, 2026

A voice in care

WORLD Mental Health Day this year carries a compelling message. The theme, ‘Lived experiences heard: real voices,...
Midterm break
Updated 10 Oct, 2026

Midterm break

Both the US and Israel need to halt their destructive misadventures in the Middle East.
American barbarism
Updated 10 Oct, 2026

American barbarism

WITH the spectre of defeat in the upcoming midterm elections looming large over the Trump administration, the...