Punjab approves Rs1.10bn for CT scanners at three hospitals
The government has not named the three public hospitals, given a purchase timetable or said how the Rs1.10 billion will be divided between them.
The Punjab government has approved Rs1.10 billion for new CT scanners at three public sector hospitals, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on 30 October.
According to the APP report, the money is for the procurement of advanced scanning machines. The stated aim is to improve diagnostic facilities and strengthen health services across the province.
UrduPoint carried the same decision at the same figure, under the headline that Punjab had allocated Rs1.1 billion for CT scanners at three public hospitals. Neither report put the amount at anything other than Rs1.10 billion.
The reports leave out most of the operational detail. None of the three hospitals was named, so it is not public which cities or districts will receive a machine.
No timetable was given either. There is no deadline for tendering, no delivery date and no indication of when the scanners are expected to start taking patients.
The government did not say how the Rs1.10 billion would be split among the three sites, whether the machines would be bought directly or through open tender, or which model and specifications were approved.
No named official was quoted. APP attributed the approval to the provincial government without identifying the forum, the minister or the department that signed it off. UrduPoint's account added no name either.
The approval covers equipment only. Both reports describe the money as being for the purchase of scanners, and neither mentions new posts, building work or running costs.
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