ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to upgrade all basic healthcare units in rural areas of the federal capital to reduce workload on Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Federal Government Polyclinic (FGPC).

According to an official of the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD), the proposal was made after the prime minister directed to upgrade the government health facilities in the federal capital.

He said that the government would also improve the existing services at Pims and FGPC as both hospitals were providing health services to the residents of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, their adjoining areas, Northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

He said a proposed PC-1 for construction of new self-contained specialty block at Pims comprising a 50-bed burn centre, an improved mother and child centre, new 200bed gynecology centre and a new 100-bed trauma centre on the model of Punjab.

He said a new OPD of 150 consulting rooms catering for at least 3,000 consultations per day, a 200-bed Children`s Hospital new block, with a 50-bed central ICU and a new operation theatre complex will also be part of the project. APP