CM Elahi lays foundation stone for ‘world’s first’ University of Child Health Sciences
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CM Elahi lays foundation stone for ‘world’s first’ University of Child Health Sciences
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Parvez Elahi laid the foundation stone for the University of Child Health Sciences, purported to be the first university of the kind in the world, here at the CM house on Saturday.
Speaking at the ceremony, the CM said College of Pediatrics and College of Nursing would be established in the university which would impart education to students that would enable them to provide best healthcare facilities to infants and mothers adding that fetal, maternal, and prenatal centers would be set up in the university.
Other than that, the Institute of Genetics and Research would also be established in the university where students would be equipped with hands-on training on telehealth, an advanced system of healthcare backed by artificial-intelligence, Mr Elahi added.
As per details, the university would be constructed at a cost of Rs. 9.8bn. Other than that, Rs. 2bn would also be spent for the establishment of radio therapy center for children.
