“This centre will be the first facility of its kind for the patients of southern Punjab,” Dr Samee Akhtar, the Nishtar Hospital and Medical College principal, said on Tuesday.
Dr Akhtar was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a plasma centre at Ward number 10 of the hospital.
He said the centre will not only benefit the citizens in Multan, but also from nearby cities.
He said equipment at the centre could be taken to any hospital nearby if the condition of a patient necessitated this.
Pakistan Medical Association President Dr Shahid Rao said that the centre was an important facility that was earlier in the region. He said the plasma centre will be helpful in treatment of several diseases that required blood transfusion and exchange such as dengue fever. It will be a great blessing for haemophilia, thalassemia and blood cancer patients, he said.
He said setting up of such a centre showed that funds were being effectively spent on health projects.
The project cost Rs30 million and has been set up with the joint effort of non government organisations such as Muslim Aid, Pakistan Myasthenic Welfare Organisation and the Australian government.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 23rd, 2012.
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