The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in New Delhi, Mr. Faisal Bin Hassan Ahmed Trad on July 20 inaugurated the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of newly established Al-Shifa Multispeciality Hospital at Dawat Nagar, Abul Fazl Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi.
While inaugurating the OPD Service at Al-Shifa Multispeciality Hospital, Mr. Trad said that construction of such a hospital with social concern was the need of the hour and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind deserves the credit for such social service projects which are being implemented for over six decades in the length and breadth of the country. The Ambassador appreciated the initiatives taken as part of Vision 2016 programme and wished it all success.
The Hospital aims at providing affordable, dignified healthcare through innovation and commitment, accessible to the poorest of the poor men, said Prof. Siddique Hassan, Chairman, Vision 2016 project. This is a Hospital with a difference, he added.
This 150-bed Al-Shifa Multi-Speciality Hospital has been built on 40,000 sq.ft. of land with an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crore. In the first phase, the hospital is starting its services with 40 beds. It is equipped with state-of-the-art operation theatres, Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) along with modern labour room and air conditioning.
The Al-Shifa Multispeciality Hospital is constructed by the Human Welfare Trust, New Delhi as part of Vision 2016 programme, which aims at transformation of the social landscape of the country and making a society having peace, prosperity and justice for all.
Along with the trustees of Human Welfare Trust and staff members of the Hospital, the inaugural ceremony was also graced by dignitaries like Her Excellency, Dr. Khadija Radman Mohamed Ghanem, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to India, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, President Jamaat-e-Islami Hind & Chairman, Human Welfare Trust, Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, Working President All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, Mr. Muhammad Jafar, Vice-Chairman, Human Welfare Foundation, Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi, Secretary General All India Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Mr. Nusrat Ali, Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.