Revised estimate for revamping Children’s Hospital approved

LAHORE:The 9th syndicate meeting of the University of Child Health Sciences (UCHS) was held under the chairmanship of the caretaker provincial health minister Prof Dr Javed Akram, in which UCHS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Masood Sadiq, Special Secretary Operations Department of Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Raja Mansoor Ahmed, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Junaid Rasheed, Children's Hospital MD Prof Dr Tipu Sultan, Prof Sajid Maqbool, Shahnaz Sardar, Prof Tahir Masood Ahmed, Khawaja Naveed, Muhammad Nadir, Shahid Imtiaz, Kamran Khan, Abdul Qadir and other syndicate members participated.

Provincial Health Minister Prof Dr Javed Akram approved all the minutes of the 8th Syndicate meeting. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Masood Sadiq also presented a report on the implementation of the decisions of the 7th Syndicate meeting.

During the meeting, Lahore High Court orders about quality and performance SOPs, 100% implementation was emphasised. It was decided to approve the statutes of the University of Child Health Sciences and send them to the chancellor for final approval through the department. The meeting approved all the decisions of the finance and planning committee of the 8th syndicate meeting. The ongoing progress on the complex under construction of the University of Child Health Sciences was also reviewed in detail. The officials of Infrastructure Development Authority Punjab gave a briefing.

Caretaker Provincial Health Minister Prof Dr Javed Akram said that the Punjab government was trying its best to improve Children's Hospital Lahore. Basic steps are being taken to make the UCHS paperless.

An agreement was signed between University of Child Health Sciences and Al-Rafa Foundation during the meeting to improve the patients’ treatment. Under the agreement, a satellite clinic of the Children's Hospital will be established where the consultants of the Children's Hospital will provide free medical facilities to the children.

Dr Javed Akram said that during the syndicate meeting, approval was given for the upgradation and repair of the elevators in Children's Hospital Emergency and OPD and apart from this, equipment for the new department was also approved. The revised estimate for revamping Children's Hospital Lahore was also approved. Children’s Hospital Lahore is the second largest hospital in the world and the first in Asia.