Helping Hand: SIUT sets up new transplant centre

The newly constructed 14-storey Suleman Dawood Transplant Centre of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) was inaugurated Wednesday. Saudi Centre for Organ Transplantation director-general Prof Faisal Shaheen flew in from Saudi Arabia to inaugurate the building. Prof Shaheen thanked SIUT founder Dr Adib Rizvi for establishing the institute. He extended support from his country and institution for SIUT. Board of governors member Zubeida Mustafa expressed thanks on behalf of the faculty, staff and trustees of SIUT. Prof Rizvi thanked the Dawood family for generously helping and assisting SIUT in setting up not only a transplant centre but also assisting 100 station dialysis unit and full-fledged oncology ward.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2016.