The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) gave a green signal on Thursday to establish its own medical college alongside the Capital Hospital — a 500-bed hospital run by CDA through its own resources.
A meeting of the CDA board was held under the chair of Captain Retired Noor ul Amin Mengal in which an agenda in this regard was presented by the Executive Director Capital Hospital Dr. Fazal-e-Mola.
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It was requested from the board to permit the Capital Hospital to establish its own medical college under the umbrella of the civic authority. However, some of the board members disagreed with an idea to open the medical college with the funding from CDA’s resources. They were of the view that if a public sector college will be established then it will become another liability for the civic authority.
According to one of the board members present in the meeting, after deliberations upon the matter, it was decided that the college should be established but purely as a private venture having its own financial model.
The board has constituted a committee under the chair of Vice Chancellor Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan and CDA Board Member Dr. Muhammad Ali while Executive Director Capital Hospital Dr. Fazal-e-Mola and Member Administration Amir Abbas are included as its members.
Source informed that a private limited company of CDA is already registered with Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and same could be used for aforesaid purpose.
The committee will explore multiple options to launch a private medical college, which will be self-sustainable instead of putting further burden over the CDA.
The board has allowed the capital hospital to use the Arts and Craft Village building located near Pak-China Friendship Centre as a temporary site to start the operations of the medical college till the construction of a permanent building.
In the meantime, the board has directed the planning wing to hire a consultant through direct contracting under section 42/F of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Rules 2004 for detailed design and construction supervision of a permanent building of the Capital Medical College Islamabad.
