Royal United Hospital in Bath in line for £450m funding boost
It could fund the new cancer centre and midwifery unit at the hospital
11:54, 20 JAN 2021
An architect s impression of the planned Dyson Cancer Centre at Bath s Royal United Hospital (Image: IBI Group Architects)
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Capital awaits new hospitals
ISLAMABAD:
Despite claims of the incumbent government to give four new hospitals to Islamabad, no new public health facility could be built in the federal capital during 2020 which has intensified the burden of patients at the two major government hospitals of the city.
A few years ago, the federal ombudsman made recommendations to build four more hospitals in Islamabad including the expansion of the Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital, popularly known as Polyclinic, and upgrading of about three dozen dispensaries under to meet the needs of the city s population of over two million.
However, so far neither new hospital has been built nor the expansion of the Polyclinic has been made possible. Only a few dispensaries under the healthcare facility have been upgraded throughout the year. According to the 2017 census, the total population of the city had exceeded two million, which is 1.2 million more than the 800,000 population recorded in the 199