LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday said that the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital’s operations were transparent and it would be better not to malign the hospital for political purposes.
“Even in times of war, hospitals are not targeted, however, some of the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) ministers continue to attack Shaukat Khanum Hospital,” the PTI chief said while addressing a ceremony in Lahore.
Imran added if there are any concerns they should be investigated.
“If the PML-N believes there are any discrepancies in the financial affairs of the [Shuakat Khanum] hospital, the details of its accounts are available online,” he maintained.
Khan said 75 per cent of the patients at Shaukat Khanum hospitals nationwide receive treatment free of charge.
“I request the ministers to stop lambasting the hospital built to serve the poor as it is not my personal factory but a charity hospital,” Khan added.
Published in Daily Times, August 27th 2017.
