Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute is the landmark project of the Punjab government and all the concerned departments should work in close coordination for timely completion of the project and operationalization of the institute. The task of sui-gas supply, commissioning of transformers, sewerage lines and construction/widening of approach roads to the PKLI should be completed on priority basis. Stated by the Chief Secretary Punjab Capt. (R) Zahid Saeed while chairing the meeting of steering committee of Pakistan Kidney, Liver Transplantation & Research Institute, in Civil Secretariat on Saturday. Besides Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafique, Secretary Health Najam Ahmed Shah, Secretary Communication & Works Department, Secretary Finance, Secretary Higher Education, Secretary Housing & Urban Development, Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner Lahore, President PKLI Prof. Dr. Saeed Akhtar and his team, Chief Executive Infrastructure Development Authority Punjab (IDAP) Mujahid Sherdil, DG LDA, officers from Sui Northern Gas, Elite Force and other concerned officers attended the meeting. IDAP Chief Mujahid Sherdil brief the meeting regarding the pace of work on the project and the steps taken by the different departments/agencies to coordinate with the IDAP in completion of the project. He informed that first phase of the project would be completed in December 2017 as directed by the Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. He informed that the master plan of the project has been distributed in different packages and a timeline has been fixed for completion of each package. He informed that procurement of biomedical equipment, machinery etc has already been in process. It was also informed by him that the total bed strength of the project is eight hundred. However, 150-beds would be made functional in first phase along with outdoor and emergency. Chief Secretary directed that PKLI team and IDAP should lay down SoPs and protocols and fix timeline for each task and the other supporting departments also speedup their working for timely completion of the project. He said that Chief Minister Punjab would be briefed regarding the completion of PKLI project accordingly.