Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that Shaukat Khanum Memorial CancerHospital and Research Centre, Karachi, will be opened by the end of nextyear.
Sharing pictures of the construction site in a tweet on Wednesday, he saidit would be bigger than Shaukat Khanum cancer hospitals in Lahore andPeshawar.
According to the premier, the hospital will be equipped with the lateststate-of-the-art machines.
“SKMT Karachi is on schedule to open end of next year. It will be biggerthan SKMT Peshawar and Lahore; and will be equipped with the latest stateof the art machines,” he said.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centres (SKMCH&RC) arestate-of-the-art cancer centres located in Lahore and Peshawar.
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SKMCH&RC, Lahore was the first project of the Shaukat Khanum MemorialTrust, a charitable organization established under the SocietiesRegistration Act XXI of 1860 of Pakistan.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is thebrainchild of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The inspiration to build theHospital came after his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum, succumbed to cancer in1985.
