INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan has handed over medicines assistance for three hospitals built by the country in Afghanistan.The handover ceremony on Friday was
attended by Afghan Public Health Minister Qalandar Ibad and his Pakistani counterpart Abdul Qadir Patel.The first consignment is leaving for
Second will be dispatched to Amanullah Logari Hospital in Logar and third to Nishtar Kidney Center in Jalalabad, Pakistan&s special envoy
Mohammad Sadiq said on Twitter.Pakistan built hospitals in Afghanistan have most modern structures - equipment
Pakistan is now also providing assistance to run them, including supporting all expenditure/salaries and provision of medicines
These hospitals have the potential to become centers of excellence,& Sadiq said.Pakistan has allocated 500 million rupees for running of
these hospitals.They could be managed through public-private partnership or other sustainable mechanisms, Sadiq said.The post Pakistan sends
medicines assistance to Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.
