NICVD sets up Chest Pain Unit in Umerkot

This the 17th such facility inaugurated in collaboration with Sindh govt in the province

KARACHI:

The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in collaboration with the Government of Sindh has inaugurated its 17th “Chest Pain Unit” in Umerkot at Faqir Abdullah Dialysis Center to facilitate patients with chest pain with easy access and free of cost services.

Sindh Minister for Information Science and Technology Nawab Muhammad Taimur Talpur formally inaugurated the Chest Pain Unit on Sunday.

Speaking on the occasion, Talpur said that the provincial government is serving the people of Sindh and this facility is a proof of it. “After establishment of this cardiac facility now no cardiac patient need to go to big cities; because NICVD’s state-of-the-art cardiac facility is available at the doorstep of patients totally free of cost,” he added.

“Within last three years, these CPUs treated more than 400,000 patients and saved over 9,129 lives, who were having heart attacks but managed to reach these CPUs where they were given immediate first aid and then they were dispatched to main NICVD where they were given specialised treatment. This shows that Sindh is far ahead of other provinces and the center in serving the masses.”

The provincial minister also urged the national and local media to disseminate information about these CPUs as during the last three years, cardiologists and technicians at these CPUs placed at 13 different locations in Karachi and one each in Ghotki, Tando Bago and Jacobabad, saved thousands of lives.

“NICVD is a flagship programme of Sindh government and its CPUs and satellite centres are serving the heart patients from across Pakistan as people from other provinces are also coming to Karachi and other parts of Sindh to avail quality cardiac treatment, which is being offered free of charge,”  Talpur said.