Secretary Health Balochistan reviews functioning of NICVD Karachi
QUETTA (6AM Report): The Secretary Health, Abdullah Khan visited the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseaes (NICVD) Karachi on Thursday.
The Secretary Finance, Babar Khan was also accompanied by him.
During the visit, the Secretary Health and Secretary Finance met the former Executive Director of NICVD, Professor Nadeem Qamar, current Executive Director, Professor Tahir Saghir and his team members.
The former Executive Director NICVD talked about the history of NICVD as how the institution was established?
He also apprised the visiting bureaucrats from Balochistan about the journey of NICVD as how it became the center of excellence in cardiac diseases in Pakistan.
The incumbent Executive Director Professor Tahir Saghir briefed about the progress and overall functioning of NICVD, besides it’s satellite centres and units of chest pain.
He said that the NICVD and centres are extending free services to the patients for prevention of heart diseases, their diagnosis, treatment and their rehabilitation.
During the course of meeting, it was discussed to establish satellite centers and chest pain units in Balochistan on pattern of NICVD so as to save the lives of heart patients.
It may be mentioned here that Secretary Health and Secretary Finance are on visit to Sindh to study health models and review the measures taken by Sindh government in health sector.
The Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti had directed them to visit Sindh in this regard.
