The Quetta Electric Supply Company (QUESCO) is all set to provide 2 MW electricity to Pak-China Friendship Hospital (PCFH) Gwadar. The construction of power transmission lines and electricity related infrastructure was completed in the first week of November, 2025. The provision of 2 MW electricity will enable Pak-China Friendship Hospital to operate all its health apparatus and medical departments at optimum level.

Talking to Gwadar Pro, a PCFH official said that power transmission lines have been laid down from the main grid station to dedicated feeder to make sure uninterrupted power supply to the hospital.” The absence of electricity, so far to some extent hospital’s power needs were being fulfilled through a diesel generator that operational cost stands at Rs2 million in a month.

Owing to unavailability of power, he said, heavy medical machineries installed in the hospital is out of function. Pak-China Friendship Hospital (PCFH) Gwadar has been providing the best free medical facilities to more than 2,12,000 poor patients of Gwadar as well as various parts of Balochistan especially women and children in both OPD and Emergency sections since its operation last year in June 2024.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China