ISLAMABAD: The PTI’s Imran Khan and a former chief justice, according to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, have done a great deal of damage to the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI), despite his deep desire to make it into a magnificent institution akin to Johns Hopkins.
The PKLI, according to the prime minister, has always held a special place in his heart and he wants it to represent Pakistan in the rest of the world as a center for the treatment of kidney and liver diseases.
“But alas! Imran Niazi and a former chief justice out of their politics and personal interests targeted this mission and inflicted huge damage,” he added in his tweet posted in Urdu language.
The prime minister expressing his resolve said that these things would not deter them and it was his firm conviction that Allah Almighty supported those who worked with a passion to serve humanity.
For transformation and restoration of PKLI into a world class health facility, they were striving and utilizing their energies, he said while referring to his yesterday’s visit to the facility where he reviewed different measures in this regard.
Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday here reviewed the ongoing programmes for the medical treatment of poor people at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI).
While chairing a meeting at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute, he said poor patients should be provided uninterrupted modern medical facilities on a priority basis.
He further directed that the administrative processes for acquiring the latest medical equipment should be completed as soon as possible.
A comprehensive strategy should be devised for ensuring international standard technical education at the nursing college, he added.
The prime minister further directed that arrangements for maintaining cleanliness in the Institute should be improved.
Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Provincial Health Minister Dr Javed Akram, Chairman PKLI Dr Saeed Akhtar, Chief Secretary and other officials attended the meeting.
The prime minister also talked to patients and the doctors working at the institute. He said the doctors should sincerely use the available resources for the treatment of poor patients.
The institute was set up with a lot of hard work for gaining blessings of Allah and for providing the best medical treatment to the needy patients, he said adding the federal and provincial governments were striving to make the institute fully functional.
