Medical and Hospital facilities updates

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Latest technology helps improve TB diagnosis ..KPK

PESHAWAR: The health department has claimed that the use of new technology has ensured the prompt and correct tuberculosis diagnosis in the province.

According to the relevant officials, it was earlier difficult to diagnose TB patients correctly and therefore, the subsequent impropertreatment caused liver and kidney problems and hearing impairment.

They say the 26 GeneXpert machines procured by the health department have enabled the TB Control Programme to improve diagnostic services during the last one year and thus, leading to the accurate diagnosis.

Health dept procured 26 GeneXpert machines okayed by WHO

Project director of TB Control Programme Dr Maqsood Ali Khan told Dawn that the early detection of the disease was essential to initiate the immediate infection control measures and minimise the transmission of the disease to others as one patient if left untreated could infect 10-15 people a year.

He said the GeneXpert was a newly-developed machine approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for nucleic acid amplification test, which detected the types of TB in two hours.

“We have been using these machines for TB screening in 26 centres in 20 districts of the province to ensure the early diagnosis and treatment of patients,” he said.

Dr Maqsood said the high workload districts installed more than one machineand there were a total of 21 machine installed with four modules and five machines installed with 16 modules.

The cost of four module machine was Rs3.5 m while the price of a 16-module machine was around Rs7.5 million.

Last year, a total of 13,745 tests were referred to 22 GeneXpert site in the province in order to diagnose tuberculosis and detect resistant TB.

Tuberculosis was detected in 5031 (36.5 per cent) cases in which 268 (5.3 per cent) patients were resistant to rifampicin drug.

This new technology machine has helped enormously to detect difficult to diagnose TB cases and also to ensure timely diagnose of Resistant TB cases, he said.

Health secretary Abid Majeed told Dawn that the department had launched comprehensive strategy to eradicate TB.

He said the government had allocated Rs275.7 million for two years (2017 to 2019) and passed a law under which 20 diseases, including TB, had been declared notifiable to enhance its detection rate.

“All patients undergo free testing and medication. We also give free food baskets to the patients and transportation charges to encourage treatment,” he said.

 

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Construction of Indus Hospital Lahore underway after completion the total capacity of hospital will be 550+ beds with 2 basements

Location Defense Road Lahore..

 

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Inaugration of Bahria Hospital


Bahria Town Karachi Hospital is ready to start its operations on the 23rd of March,

 

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ISLAMABAD:

A Chinese delegation of surgeons agreed to conduct liver transplant surgeries at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and train the Pakistani staff to revive the non-operational facility at the hospital.


The Chinese specialists will train Pakistani surgeons, nurses, paramedical and anesthesia staff to recuperate the liver transplant centre at Pims, which had been nonfunctional for over five years due to acute shortage of trained surgeons and supporting staff in the country.

The facility for liver transplant under the unit for hepatobiliary surgery and organ transplant was established in 2010 at Pims with one-time grant of Rs238 million by the then prime minister under the guidance from the Royal Free Hospital London.

However, the unit could only carry out one transplant in 2012 that too was unsuccessful and the facility has been kept closed since then despite the huge demand.

“Machines and equipment in the centre have been lying useless as we don’t have the relevant expertise and trained human resource to carry out successful procedures,” said Pims Executive Director Dr Amjad Mehmood.

“We have been considering various options to make the facility functional again and this is one of them,” he said. “Things are yet to be finalised and modalities will be chalked out with the Chinese officials for this collaboration besides taking formal permission from the government,” he added, hoping the latest effort would bear fruit.

The delegation visited all departments including emergency, outpatient department and operation theatres and held meeting with Dr Amjad and Pims Joint-ED Dr Ejaz Qadeer. A strategy to carry out the plan is expected to be chalked out in meetings with the hospital administration and surgical department on Wednesday.

In 2016, a summary for hiring of trained liver transplant surgeons, hepatologist, anesthetist, and intensive care specialists on market-based salary from Shifa International Hospital was forwarded to the prime minister but failed to get his nod.

Currently, only the Shifa hospital offers liver transplant in the federal capital, but it costs more than 30 to 40,000 rupees. Earlier, patients used to go to India for liver transplants, but due to visa issues and strained relations between the two countries, the patients have now been opting to go to China.

According to Pims officials, more than 500 patients suffering from hepatitis C, B or other liver related ailments need transplant in a year, but due to lack of any such facility at one of the biggest tertiary care hospitals, they do not recommend or offer it to the needy patients.

Pakistan has the second-highest hepatitis C disease burden in the world that causes acute and chronic liver disease. According to a national hepatitis survey, in 2008 there were eight million cases of hepatitis C and four million of hepatitis B in Pakistan. But the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates it more than 13 million, as many people are unaware that they are infected.

The patient needs liver transplant when Hepatitis B or C is complicated and it damages liver, which is termed “dcompensated Cirrhosis’. It is also recommended if a patient develops liver failure or when a patient develops liver cancer.

 

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PAF Faisal Base Hospital

 

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Saudi German Hospital at Bahria Orchard Lahore.

 

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Gulab Devi Hospital in Lahore
It is also a training institute for medical and health care professionals as a training and teaching hospital.

 

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Makran Medical College Turbat

 

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Peshawar Institute of Cardiology.

The hospital is equipped with operating theatres and four catheter laboratories. PIC Hospital has 100 beds, including beds for:
• cardiac and thoracic surgery
• cardiology day case unit
• adult intensive care
• the transplant unit

 

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Grand Opening of Bahria Town International Hospital Karachi TODAY! Pakistan's most modern and comprehensive healthcare facility.
An agreement is going to sign between Motorway police to shift the injured peoples to Bahria hospital.

Departments & Features of Bahria Town Hospital Karachi

Bahria Town Hospital Karachi will have the following departments and facilities for people.

• 24/7 Emergency, ICU, CCU, NICU
• Cardiology and Cardio Therosick Surgery
• General and Laparoscopic Surgery
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pediatrics and Neonatology
• Nephrology, Dialysis, Urology and Renal Transplant
• Orthopedics, Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology and Corneal Transplant
• ENT and Cochlear Implant Surgery
• Radiology, MRI, CT Scan, Digital Radiography & Mammography
• Latest Laboratory and Blood Bank

 

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IDAP teams are working at various locations around the Punjab to upgrade DHQ and THQ hospitals in order to provide the most modern and effective healthcare facilities to those living in the province. Improvements being made include upgrading the general wards, ICUs, CCUs, operation theatres, emergency departments, pediatric wards, dialysis units, gynecology departments and administrative blocks.

DHQ Attock

DHQ Hafizabad

DHQ Jhelum

DHQ Narowal

DHQ Sheikhupura

 

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500 bed Wah General Hospital inaugurated today.

 

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SIUT inaugurates new operation theatre

KARACHI: The Bashir Dawood state-of-the-art operation and transplant centre at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) was inaugurated on Friday. This is the first operation theatre of its kind in the country.

SIUT head Prof Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi addressed the opening ceremony of the Bashir Dawood operation theatre complex, where he said he was proud that the centre was inaugurated. He said that Suleiman Dawood, Bashir’s father, was his friend and that friendship translated into aid for the hospital. Dr Rizvi explained how their friendship came about.

According to Dr Rizvi, Suleiman had come to him for treatment and was surprised when he was not charged a fee. The SIUT founder said it feels good to waive medical fees for even those patients who could afford it. The incident impacted Suleiman’s life and he later donated funds to construct a dialysis centre and operation theatre. SIUT has 35 modern dialysis machines that are used to treat patients year round free of charge.

 

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Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad Renovated 18 Bedded MICU. Now more modernised equipments installed for the proper monitoring of critical patients to be served at their door steps...

 

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Latest Pics Of Under Construction Recep Tayyab Erdogan Indus Hospital.

Muzaffargarh.Punjab.