Karachi: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh President FPCCI  and founding President of Indus Hospital Dr. Abdul Bari Khan discussed ways and means through which business, industry and trade community can assist Indus Hospital and Health Network (IHHN) with their under construction projects, planned non-for-profit ventures and operational costs.

 Irfan Iqbal proposed that business community should set up collective fund under umbrella of apex body of FPCCI to help bridge financing gaps being faced by Indus Hospital. He proposed various chambers, trade bodies and associations can adopt floor, various wards or rooms to finance their operations.

He appreciated fact that IHHN has now expanded to 15 hospitals across Pakistan and they treat 500,000 patients every month all without charge.

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan apprised that ongoing construction of 1,350-bed tertiary-care hospital and centre of excellence in Karachi with project cost of Rs 20 billion has been funded to tune of 60-70 percent by now and remaining funding needs to be arranged in order to complete this project of national importance.

Suleman Chalwa SVP FPCCI stated that FPCCI will also encourage its member bodies to support IHHN and their public-private partnership framework should be imbibed for more transformations of public-sector healthcare facilities.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 07 2023

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