Citizens decry delay in Polyclinic expansion

Islamabad : Citizens on Friday asked the concerned authorities to avoid further delay in starting construction work on the Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC) expansion project to facilitate patients with additional medical services.

According to them, there should be no further hindrance in the extension work as the hospital is catering to the needs of a large number of people and the present building does not have the capacity to fulfil the requirements of all.

They said with the completion of expansion plan, more facilities will be available for patients and the hospital will offer modern healthcare equipment.

Aslam Muneer, a citizen said that the Polyclinic is situated in the centre of the city and asked the authorities concerned to take immediate steps for its up-gradation to serve the patients.

He said due to limited space and lack of facilities, patients had been facing a lot of problems including limited beds, limited emergency staff and other employees of the hospital besides medical equipment. Another patient, Amir Naeem said the authorities concerned should avoid further delay in the project as it was the dire need to start work on hospital extension plan keeping in view the patients burden.