Umer Sharif's hospital to be inaugurated soon

KARACHI: The construction of 200-bed hospital being built by famed Pakistani comedian Umer Sharif in city’s Orangi Town area will be inaugurated soon.

‘The Maa Hospital’ will treat patients free-of-charge, said Mr. Sharif while addressing a presser at the under-construction hospital today.

Sharif, who enjoys global fame for his versatility in comedy, underlined that the hospital will play vital role in treating women patients.

He said a separate space has been allocated at the hospital for artists who are not provided with medical treatment.

He appealed to philanthropists and affluent people to donate for the social cause so that the hospital could have all facilities for treatment of the poor.

Orangi Town is a large densely populated town in the northwestern part of Karachi, bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahra-e-Zahid Hussain Gulberg Town, to the east across the Gujar Nala Stream Liaquatabad Town to the south, and SITE Town to the west. The population of Orangi Town was estimated to be more than 720,000 at the 1998 census.