Work on new Mayo Hospital building to start after Eid

LAHORE

Construction of new building of North Medical Ward of Mayo Hospital would start immediate after Eid holidays. It would be a state-of-the-art building at the site of the old building which was declared dilapidated and vacated from the patients in 2008.

According to a handout issued here on Saturday, the total expenditure of the project is about Rs 150 million. Tajamul Foundation would bear all expenses. In this connection, a prayer ceremony was held at Mayo Hospital at the site of the building. Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah, KEMU Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof Qazi Saeed, Institute of Ophthalmology Principal Prof Asad Aslam Khan, Tajamul Foundation Chairperson Begum Laila Nusrat, her husband Mian Nusrat, KEMU Prof of Medicines Dr Sajid Ubaid Ullah, Mayo Hospital MS Dr Tahir Khalil, Dr Zahid Pervaiz and Project Coordinator Prof of Orthopedics Surgery Dr Syed Muhammad Awais, Prof Dr. Abdul Bari from Indus Hospital, Karachi and other notables attended the ceremony.

While appreciating the spirit of humanitarian services of Begum Laila Nusrat, Health Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah said that serving the ailing humanity was a great service and Tajamul Foundation had set a golden example for others in the holy month of Ramazan. He also appreciated the efforts of Project Coordinator Prof Muhammad Awais for materialising the project with the collaboration of Tajamul Foundation.

Prof Muhammad Awais informed that the old building of the North Medical Ward was declared dilapidated and unusable, after that, it was vacated and the patients were shifted to other places. He said that now it had been decided to build a four-storey building, including basement. The total covered area of the building would be 38,500 square feet. A latest air-conditioning system and lift would be installed. The new building of North Medical Ward would be consisted of 80 beds and a lecture theatre for medical students.

Prof Muhammad Awais said that the building would be constructed on turnkey basis which would be completed within 12 months. He said that immediate after Eid holidays, construction work of the project would be started. A monitoring committee has been constituted to look after the construction work of the project.

Additional Chief Secretary Shamail Ahmed Khawaja would be the chairman of the committee while Begum Laila Nusrat, renowned social worker Ghiyas ud Din known as Baba Gee, Major General AM Tariq and Prof Syed Muhammad Awais would be the members of the committee. Talking to the media, Health Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah said that construction of a state-of-the-art building at a huge cost was a good example of public and private partnership collaboration. He said that friends of Mayo Hospital were also collaborating in other projects of the hospital.