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- Establishment of the Shapur Saddar Hospital in Central Punjab
Establishment of the Shapur Saddar Hospital in Central Punjab
Pakistan
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Research and similar intellectual activities |
Focus Area | Health |
Approved | 30.05.2003 |
Signed | 23.06.2003 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Organization | LRBT |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.10 |
The project aimed at constructing and equipping a specialized ophthalmology hospital to provide accessible free eye care and treat curable blindness among the needy population in underserved areas. The construction works started at the beginning of 2004, and the new facility has now a capacity of 48 beds, an outpatient department, a dispensary, major and minor operation theatres and a low vision clinic.