Mayo Hospital surgical tower to be ready in June

LAHORE: A state-of-the-art surgical tower at the Mayo Hospital will be ready in June this year at a cost of Rs 1.5 billion, Medical Superintendent Dr Zahid Pervez said.

He said work on the project was in progress, which after completion would meet the needs of ever rising number of patients in the hospital.

A sum of Rs 250 million had already been spent while Rs 500 million more were released by the government. The release of remaining allocated funds have also been promised, he added.

He said the surgical tower consisted of 16 operation theatres with 825-bed capacity and it would function round the clock. After its completion, the hospital's total bed capacity would increase to 3,025.(APP)