Karachi Institute of Heart Disease to be handed over to NICVD next month

Published November 21, 2021
This file photo shows Karachi Admin­is­tra­tor Barrister Murtaza Wahab. — DawnNewsTV/File
This file photo shows Karachi Admin­is­tra­tor Barrister Murtaza Wahab. — DawnNewsTV/File

KARACHI: City Administrator Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the the Karachi Institute of Heart Disease (KIHD) would start functioning as a satellite center of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) from Dec 25.

“NICVD is a state-of-the-art heart hospital where people from not only Sindh but all over the country and the world come for heart treatment,” he said while speaking at a programme on Friday.

The administrator, who is also provincial government’s spokesperson and chief minister’s adviser on law, said: “Apart from political issues, we should all serve Karachi together. This city is ours and we have to adopt this city and provide health awareness to the people.”

He said rise in heart disease in Pakistan had reached alarming levels, urging cardiologists to pay more attention to the precautionary aspect of cardiology.

NICVD Executive Director Nadeem Qamar was also present.

IT may be noted that almost all opposition parties have been protesting against the plan of the provincial government to take control of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation-run KIHD and give it to NICVD.

Published in Dawn, November 21st, 2021

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