Mobile hospital launched under Gulshan Chowrangi flyover in Karachi

Health Minister Sikandar Ali Mandhro and Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar attended the inauguration ceremony

KARACHI: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) launched its first mobile hospital on Monday situated beneath the Gulshan Chowrangi flyover.

The inauguration ceremony of the mobile hospital was attended by Health Minister Sikandar Ali Mandhro and Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar along with other officials and local representatives.



"For the first time in the city's history, space under a flyover is going to be properly utilised," said Akhtar at the ceremony, adding that more mobile units would be launched below the other flyovers of the city in the future.

The mobile hospital is equipped with all the required first aid equipment along with an electrocardiogram (ECG) facility. Akhtar said such facilities will enable the residents of nearby areas to receive healthcare at a short distance.