New Delhi, March 8
A group of physicians of the Pakistani descent is working on a project to adopt a village near the Wagah border in India and provide it with all basic amenities and facilities.
Chairman of Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America(APPNA) Hussain Malik told The Tribune that APPNA was planning to adopt Khurmnian village near Amritsar in collaboration with the Escorts group, which has a heart institute in Amritsar, and provide it with water purification system and other facilities, including sewage and sanitation system.
The APPNA delegation, he said, was in India to build bridges of friendship through collaboration in the field of medicine.
During its three-day stay in Delhi, members of the delegation will participate in an international medical conference with eminent Indian doctors to work out strategies of cooperation between the two countries.
"Adopting the village near the Wagah border is the focal point of to take medical diplomacy forward," said Dr Malik.
The association, with an initial budget of Rs 10 to 12 lakh, will improve the conditions of the village by providing a water purification system and spruce up the sewage and sanitation conditions in the village.
The APPNA will also improve the condition of the local school there and open a primary health centre.
Dr Malik said the association was running similar projects in Pakistan in
Murree, Mardan, Sahiwal and Badine.
