Lives of more than five thousand people, who were having heart attacks, were saved at the seven Chest Pain Units (CPUs) of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) at Karachi's various intersections and busy spots during last one year where patients were provided timely first aid before dispatching them to main NICVD for further treatment.
"These seven Chest Pain Units of NICVD in Karachi have emerged as world's most successful and unique cardiac-emergency program where lives of over five thousand people were saved in a year who could not reach at any public or private hospital on time", Executive Director NICVD Prof Nadeem Qamar said while speaking at the first anniversary of Nagan Chowrangi Chest Pain Unit here on Thursday.
On the occasion, Prof Nadeem Qamar along with eminent cardiac surgeon Dr Pervez Chaudhry and other NICVD staff also cut cakes on completion of the one year of Nagan Chowrangi CPU.
"During last one year, more than 116,000 people visited these seven chest pain units installed at different places in Karachi and get themselves examined by the cardiologists and heart technicians. Around five thousand of them were having heart attacks, who were given timely first aid by the doctors and sent them to main NICVD where primary PCI or angioplasty was performed on them to save their lives," he informed. Since November 22, 2017, as many as 17042 people who were having chest pain visited the Nagan Chowrangi CPU, of which 969 people were actually having heart attacks and they were not only provided first aid but were referred to the main NICVD for angioplasty and other appropriate treatment, Prof Qamar observed.
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