KARACHI: (APP) A delegation of Shaukat Khanam Memorial Trust (SKMT) Cancer Hospital visited the dedicated project site for construction of Cancer Hospital here in DHA City where they discussed the initial concept and details of site plan with Project Director DCK.
The SKMT delegation, led by its CEO Dr Faisal Sultan, also held a meeting with Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali and discussed the progress of construction and layout planning for establishment SKMT in DHA City Karachi (DCK).
A DHA statement here Saturday said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DHA and SKMT was signed early this year for establishment of Cancer Hospital in DCK.
The delegation thanked DHA and DCK management for their support, cooperation and provision of relevant technical and planning information about the project site and said SKMT Cancer Hospital coming up in DCK would be a nucleus for provision of contemporary and most advanced cancer treatment facilities in Pakistan.
Administrator DHA said DHA was committed to provision of happy, healthy and dynamic living environment for its residents and would facilitate SKMT in all ways to establish a pivotal health facility to fight against the menace of deadly cancer disease.
He said Shaukat Khanam Cancer Hospital in its essence would be a forerunner to a reinvigorated hope and optimism for the ailing humanity.
The ground breaking ceremony of SKMT Cancer Hospital in DCK is expected to be held by the end of this year, the statement added.