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Newly constructed state-of-the-art health centre Wah Cantt General Hospital was completed and inaugurated on 12th April 2018. The 1st Phase of 100 bedded hospital is completed while it would be extended to 500 beds.
As many as 201 staff including doctors, nurses would perform their duties, while 11 departments including radiology,pediatric, orthopedic,gynecology,emergency and surgeons.
As many as 201 staff including doctors, nurses would perform their duties, while 11 departments including radiology,pediatric, orthopedic,gynecology,emergency and surgeons.
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Pakistan's first mechanical heart transplant successfully performed
A team of doctors performing Pakistan's first ever mechanical heart transplant at NICVD. PHOTO: NICVD
KARACHI : The country’s first-ever mechanical heart transplant was carried out at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) on Monday.
The use of this technology is unprecedented in Pakistan’s history and Nafeesa Begum, 62, is the first patient to undergo this complicated surgery and receive a mechanical heart aid.
The Administrator of NICVD Dr Hameedullah Malik said that a patient can undergo this procedure only if their other organs are functional. “Begum’s heart was only 15 percent functional prior to the surgery but all her other organs were working fine.”
He added that the patient is doing fine, and would be shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) soon.
The procedure was performed by Dr Pervez Chaudhry, who joined the NICVD team on the request of Head of NICVD Dr Nadeem Qamar, along with his team that consists of eight experts.
Introducing mechanical heart transplant technology was an initiative taken by Qamar. “We had been working on structuring this department for about six months now,” Dr Malik added.
When asked what’s the difference between a regular heart transplant and a mechanical one, Dr Malik explained: “A regular heart transplant is as though inserting a new heart in the body but in a mechanical heart transplant the organ is not replaced, in fact, the valve or the pumping mechanism is fixed by using a device. This device then pumps blood across the body”.
The procedure costs over a crore and at the moment, it’s funded by donors and NICVD, Dr Malik added.
In April, former goalkeeper of the Pakistan hockey team, Mansoor Ahmed was going to receive mechanical heart aid. “While things were still in the pipeline, Ahmed had another heart attack and passed away before the procedure could be performed on him.”
A team of doctors performing Pakistan's first ever mechanical heart transplant at NICVD. PHOTO: NICVD
KARACHI : The country’s first-ever mechanical heart transplant was carried out at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) on Monday.
The use of this technology is unprecedented in Pakistan’s history and Nafeesa Begum, 62, is the first patient to undergo this complicated surgery and receive a mechanical heart aid.
The Administrator of NICVD Dr Hameedullah Malik said that a patient can undergo this procedure only if their other organs are functional. “Begum’s heart was only 15 percent functional prior to the surgery but all her other organs were working fine.”
He added that the patient is doing fine, and would be shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) soon.
The procedure was performed by Dr Pervez Chaudhry, who joined the NICVD team on the request of Head of NICVD Dr Nadeem Qamar, along with his team that consists of eight experts.
Introducing mechanical heart transplant technology was an initiative taken by Qamar. “We had been working on structuring this department for about six months now,” Dr Malik added.
When asked what’s the difference between a regular heart transplant and a mechanical one, Dr Malik explained: “A regular heart transplant is as though inserting a new heart in the body but in a mechanical heart transplant the organ is not replaced, in fact, the valve or the pumping mechanism is fixed by using a device. This device then pumps blood across the body”.
The procedure costs over a crore and at the moment, it’s funded by donors and NICVD, Dr Malik added.
In April, former goalkeeper of the Pakistan hockey team, Mansoor Ahmed was going to receive mechanical heart aid. “While things were still in the pipeline, Ahmed had another heart attack and passed away before the procedure could be performed on him.”
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Saudi Arabia to build a new hospital in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: With an aim to give public sector hospitals some breathing space by catering to the growing number of patients, a delegation from Saudi Arabia met with top officials in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the way forward for the construction of a new 200-bed facility in the capital.
Led by Abdullah Al Shoebi from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), the delegation met with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for National Health Services, Aamer Mehmood Kiani on Monday to detail the Kingdom’s support for various projects.
Kiani said that the site for the new hospital has already been finalised and is ready for construction.
"Federal Minister National Health Services was briefed that the 200-bed Islamabad General Hospital at Tarlai will be established at a total cost of Rs 2,500 million on a land measuring 13 acres,” an official statement released on Tuesday read.
The Saudi mission thanked Kiani for taking a personal interest in the project and for expediting the construction work, the statement added.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown a keen interest in health infrastructure development and bringing positive changes in the provision of improved healthcare delivery system for the people living in the rural areas,” Kiani said.
According to the UN's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) report, released in October this year, Saudi Arabia is ranked fourth among the world's major donors of humanitarian aid.
In Pakistan itself, the Kingdom has provided assistance amounting to $107.3 million, which was used in the implementation of 85 projects for displaced people who were affected by floods and earthquakes between 2005 and 2018, the report said
ISLAMABAD: With an aim to give public sector hospitals some breathing space by catering to the growing number of patients, a delegation from Saudi Arabia met with top officials in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the way forward for the construction of a new 200-bed facility in the capital.
Led by Abdullah Al Shoebi from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), the delegation met with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for National Health Services, Aamer Mehmood Kiani on Monday to detail the Kingdom’s support for various projects.
Kiani said that the site for the new hospital has already been finalised and is ready for construction.
"Federal Minister National Health Services was briefed that the 200-bed Islamabad General Hospital at Tarlai will be established at a total cost of Rs 2,500 million on a land measuring 13 acres,” an official statement released on Tuesday read.
The Saudi mission thanked Kiani for taking a personal interest in the project and for expediting the construction work, the statement added.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown a keen interest in health infrastructure development and bringing positive changes in the provision of improved healthcare delivery system for the people living in the rural areas,” Kiani said.
According to the UN's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) report, released in October this year, Saudi Arabia is ranked fourth among the world's major donors of humanitarian aid.
In Pakistan itself, the Kingdom has provided assistance amounting to $107.3 million, which was used in the implementation of 85 projects for displaced people who were affected by floods and earthquakes between 2005 and 2018, the report said
An state of art hospital should be build in Turbat, Balochistan. It is the second largest City in Balochistan after Quetta, having nearly 1 million population. Recently its good to see that Turbat has got a University and Medical College during the Chief Ministry of Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch.
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First, 120 bed Burn and Plastic Surgery Center is now operationalised by KP Government in Peshawar, Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to officially inaugurate the facility later this month.
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JPMC to get second CyberKnife robot
KARACHI: A second CyberKnife robot is being installed at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Hospital (JPMC) to treat tumours with high-dosage precision radiation. The installation will cost roughly Rs570 million (USD4,100,000) and is expected to be completed in three months. The hospital will be able to perform radio surgery on 24 patients daily after the second robot is installed.
The CyberKnife department at JPMC treats patients free of cost. Since 2012, it has successfully treated around 131 patients, including those coming in from other cities and countries. The first CyberKnife robot has been functioning effectively at JPMC since 2012, but according to JPMC Radiology Department Head Dr Tariq Mehmood, it was not enough to meet the needs of the increasing number of cancer patients coming to the hospital.
KARACHI: A second CyberKnife robot is being installed at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Hospital (JPMC) to treat tumours with high-dosage precision radiation. The installation will cost roughly Rs570 million (USD4,100,000) and is expected to be completed in three months. The hospital will be able to perform radio surgery on 24 patients daily after the second robot is installed.
The CyberKnife department at JPMC treats patients free of cost. Since 2012, it has successfully treated around 131 patients, including those coming in from other cities and countries. The first CyberKnife robot has been functioning effectively at JPMC since 2012, but according to JPMC Radiology Department Head Dr Tariq Mehmood, it was not enough to meet the needs of the increasing number of cancer patients coming to the hospital.
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Punjab governor opens Pharma Expo 2019
LAHORE - Pakistan is passing through many severe challenges now a days and the problems surfaced in the last three months are the result of wrong economic policies of previous 70 years.
Governor Punjab Ch Sarwar said this while speaking to reporters after inaugurating the three-day 8th Pharma Expo 2019 Exhibition and Conference here at Expo Centre Lahore on Tuesday. The event is being organized by Prime Event Management and is supported by Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Association (PPMA), and Group of Researchers and Intellectuals of Pakistan (GRIP).
The Governor said the PTI had formed the government with the legacy of internal and external borrowings and debts left by previous regimes. He said pharmaceutical exports can be enhanced up to $ 2 billion in next three years, adding the federal as well as Punjab government would extend every possible cooperation and support to the pharmaceutical industry.
LAHORE - Pakistan is passing through many severe challenges now a days and the problems surfaced in the last three months are the result of wrong economic policies of previous 70 years.
Governor Punjab Ch Sarwar said this while speaking to reporters after inaugurating the three-day 8th Pharma Expo 2019 Exhibition and Conference here at Expo Centre Lahore on Tuesday. The event is being organized by Prime Event Management and is supported by Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Association (PPMA), and Group of Researchers and Intellectuals of Pakistan (GRIP).
The Governor said the PTI had formed the government with the legacy of internal and external borrowings and debts left by previous regimes. He said pharmaceutical exports can be enhanced up to $ 2 billion in next three years, adding the federal as well as Punjab government would extend every possible cooperation and support to the pharmaceutical industry.
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To reduce the burden on district headquarter hospitals and provide best health facilities in the rural parts of the province, KP Government has completed the construction of category-C hospital in Swabi.
The category-C hospital in Swabi will be soon operational and will provide all type of health facilities to the citizens, eventually leading to a decrease on the burden on district headquarter hospitals.
The category-C hospital in Swabi will be soon operational and will provide all type of health facilities to the citizens, eventually leading to a decrease on the burden on district headquarter hospitals.
