LAHORE – Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar has donated Rs1 million to United Christian Hospital (UCH) in Lahore.
The top judge, while hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the dilapidated condition of the hospital, also ordered a financial audit of the past 10 years.
“Who is supposed to run the hospital? Should the Supreme Court run it?” the CJP asked the chairman of the steering committee, former interim health minister Dr Jawad Sajid Khan, during the course of proceedings.
Dr Jawad told the court that they need Rs40 to 50 million for the restoration of the hospital. He asked the CJP to constitute a six-member steering committee for the hospital.
Expressing displeasure over lack of medicines in the hospital, the chief justice told the authorities to suggest six names for the steering committee.
In November, the CJP had taken notice of the “miserable condition” of the UCH.
