QUETTA: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated a CT scan machine, oxygen plant, 400 KVA generator and solar panels to Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital in Quetta.

The CT scan machine will improve the diagnosis of chest and lungs diseases and it will also help in the research work of the hospital.

UNHCR Pakistan’s Deputy Representative Tammi Sharpe, Head of UNHCR in Quetta Erwin Dela Cruz Policar and Balochistan Minister for Health Syed Ehsan Shah were present at the ceremony to hand over the equipment.

Tammi Sharpe thanked the hospital for providing medical services to refugees without discrimination.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2022

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