LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Department Khawaja Salman Rafique, visited INMOL Hospital, Lahore Tuesday and reviewed the progress of work regarding installation & commissioning of the linear accelerator along with the construction of bunker for the linear accelerator.
The Minister directed to map all ensuing activities for earliest service delivery to the needy patients. It was resolved that civil work will be completed by the third week of December 2017. It was also decided that the machine will be made fully operational by the first week of January 2018.
The contractor Varitron had quoted Rs380 million for this suite. However, after the detailed scrutiny of the financial proposal, the contractor agreed to deliver the machine at the cost of Rs220 million. In addition to that, the government of Punjab has also contributed Rs28 million for the construction of bunker & provision of one 500 KVA generator. Total cost for the linear accelerator got reduced from Rs380 million to Rs248 million.