To impart better health care facilities to PEMRA employees, the Chairman, PEMRA Muhammad Saleem Baig today visited Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Hospital at PAF Complex, E9 Islamabad. Executive Director, Major General (R) Safdar Abbass gave briefing regarding working of the Hospital.
Executive Director, PAF Hospital showed different departments of newly constructed hospital which is comprised of 600 beds teaching hospital affiliated with Fazaia Medical College and introduced with his team heading various departments of the hospital holding vast national and international exposure. This state-of-the-art hospital is established in pursuance of the PAF’s vision of imparting community health care and education to the public. Chairman PEMRA lauded medical facilities being extended to serving and retired Armed Forces personnel as well as civilians at an affordable rate, compared to other hospitals of the country. This hospital is providing 24/7 medical assistance in various medical departments such as Surgical, Medical, ENT, Eye, Gyne & OBS, Psychiatry, Clinical Laboratory, Radiology, Anesthesia, Critical Care, Orthopedics, and Gastroenterology along with 24hrs emergency. Chairman PEMRA said that location, infrastructure and health facilities at E9 Complex is convenient and affordable for the civilian community of twin cities.
Chairman PEMRA acknowledged the efforts of Pakistan Air Force in providing the health facilities to not only armed personnel but also to civilian’s dwellers of capital territory. Chairman PEMRA agreed to sign MOU with PAF Hospital for extending state of the art health facilities for PEMRA employees. He was accompanied by PEMRA Medical Consultant Dr. Azfar Saeed, Director General Administration Sardar Arfan Ashraf Khan, General Manager Operations/ Media PR Muhammad Tahir and Secretary to the Authority, Fakhar-ud-Din Mughal.
Published in Daily Times, December 19th2018.
