PESHAWAR: The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in the city will be inaugurated on December 29.

A child suffering from cancer and under treatment at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Lahore will inaugurate the hospital. The patient belongs to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

It may be recalled that the Shaukat Khanum Memroial Cancer Hospital Lahore was also inaugurated by a child cancer patient, Sumera Yousaf. Later, the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the hospital in Peshawar was also performed by a child patient, Mohammad Suleman, who was to undergo bone marrow transplant and belonged to Peshawar.

Imran Khan, the chairman of the board of governors of the hospital who has built the two hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar in memory of his mother and named them after her, will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony.

Invitations have already been sent to people from different walks of life, particularly donors who helped raise funds to build the spacious hospital located in Phase 5 of Hayatabad in Peshawar.

The government land for the hospital was provided by Ameer Haider Hoti, the then chief minister belonging to the Awami National Party (ANP). As the chief minister, he had also given a hefty donation for the hospital.