Shelter homes declared mandatory for new hospitals in Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Friday reviewed progress on the shelter home project and directed to construct shelter homes in hospitals as well.

Chairing a high-level meeting at his office, Usman Buzdar directed to establish shelter homes at district headquarter hospitals and in all major hospitals of the province. He said that the construction of shelter homes would be mandatory in new hospital projects.

According to a statement released from his office, CM Buzdar asked the secretary health to identify suitable places in hospitals for the said purpose and submit a report. The government would welcome the cooperation of the philanthropists for constructing shelter homes in hospitals, he added.

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The chief minister said that the facility of a secure stay will be available to the attendants of the patients in hospitals and five shelter homes will be linked with the nearest hospitals in Lahore.

The chief minister directed that establishment of dispensary should also be reviewed in five shelter homes being constructed in Lahore.

The shelter homes project is a praiseworthy initiative of the PTI government for providing much-needed shelter to the people who were forced to sleep in the open because of their haplessness.