COAS Bajwa inaugurates new blocks at CMH Rawalpindi
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 16, 2019
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa here on Tuesday inaugurated the new blocks at Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The military’s media wing said, “After completion of construction, CMH has become 1000-bed hospital with capacity of 1150 beds.”
With enhanced capacity and high-tech equipment as many as 5,000 patients would be treated daily at the OPD, ISPR said and added that the hospital would cater for medical needs of military as well as civilian personnel.
ISPR further said, “It is worth mentioning here that now CMH has become one of the state of the art hospitals which shall act as a base hospital not only for Army but for Air Force and Navy as well.”
The project was commenced in 2013.
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