Sindh Information, Archives and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday inaugurated the 10th Chest Pain Unit (CPU) of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) at New Karachi area of the city and claimed that NICVD had now become the world's largest cardiac-care hospital which was performing highest number of angiographies, angioplasties, bypass surgeries and other procedures annually at its 9 satellite centers spread over entire Sindh.

"When this facility was handed over to the Sindh government, NICVD was just a single hospital but the provincial government transformed into a network of cardiac-care hospitals which are now functioning in eight cities of Sindh and saving thousands of lives on monthly basis. Undoubtedly, NICVD is now world's largest cardiac-care hospital which is performing highest number of cardiac interventions and procedures," Saeed Ghani said while speaking at the 10th CPU inauguration ceremony.

Provincial Information Minister further claimed that now efforts were underway to link entire Sindh's hospitals with the Satellite Centers operating in different cities so that people having heart attacks could be timely transported to NICVD Satellite's for saving their lives. "Now the challenge is to shift a heart attack patient to a cardiac facility within 90 minutes anywhere in the province and we are hopeful that this target would be achieved soon," he added.

Ghani maintained that there was no such facility in Pakistan but also in the entire world which caters to such a large number of patients and provides them quality cardiac-care services absolutely free of charge and added that Sindh government was doing its best to provide quality healthcare services to the people of Sindh.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019