RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Institute of Urology and Transplantation (RIUT) will become fully operational soon, Commissioner Saqib Manan said on Monday.

He said this while reviewing arrangements made to make the institute operational. Director Development Nazia Sadhan, Deputy Director Moazzam Ali, Additional Commissioner Coordination Syed Nazarat Ali and other officers participated in the meeting.

Mr Manan said the state of the art institute should be completed as soon as possible to provide best healthcare facilities to the people of Rawalpindi. For this purpose, the relevant forum will be approached for the release of required and allocated funds, he said.

About encroachments around the hospital, the commissioner directed the building department to complete the boundary wall immediately to ensure the security of the hospital. The district administration will provide all kinds of support for the problems faced to complete the boundary wall.

He said due to the use of the hospital during Covid-19, there was a need of maintenance which would be carried out by the building department.

Regarding seepage in a wall of the building, the commissioner also directed the building department to find a lasting solution to it in one week and complete the rest of the work as soon as possible and hand it over to the hospital.

He promised to convey the recommendations regarding the formation of a personal board of the hospital to the relevant forum.

Briefing on the occasion, officials said the project worth Rs5694 million will be a source of convenience for the people as at present all the load of patients of urology was on Benazir Bhutto Hospital.

At present, the institute has an OPD and an emergency block (20 beds), a dialysis unit (30 beds), lithotripcy, basic radiology and pathology facilities.

Published in Dawn, November 29th, 2022

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