PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday formally inaugurated the newly established Clinical Skills Lab in Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI), Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar.
This state-of-the-art Skills Lab has been completed at a cost of Rs. 370 million which is the only public sector simulation center of its kind across the country. The Lab has the latest and updated simulators and equipment for the training of doctors in all specialties including Medicine, Surgery, Gynae and Orthopedics etc due to which doctors will not have to go abroad for training as before as state-of-the-art training facilities are now available through this lab.
A ceremony to this connection was held here at PGMI, Hayatabad Medical Complex with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan as a chief guest. Addressing the ceremony, the chief minister felicitated and lauded the efforts of Provincial Health Minister and management of PGMI for establishing a state-of-the-art Skills Lab and said this Skills Lab would prove to be a milestone towards providing international standard healthcare facilities to the people of the province.
He added that PGMI was undoubtedly the best Institute imparting training in the medical sector which now has become the firstever public sector institute to have the latest and state-of-the-art Skills Lab in the country.
Mahmood Khan said that the Provincial Government has introduced unprecedented reforms in health sector adding that it has been the priority of his Government since day one to put health and education sectors on modern lines.
He said that old healthcare facilities in the Province were being upgraded whereas on the other hand new institutions with innovative facilities were being also established which would certainly result in improved healthcare facilities.