Advisor to the Sindh Chief Minister on law, environment and coastal development Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday inaugurated the 12th Chest Pain Unit (CPU) of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Orangi Town and urged the Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar to handover KMC-run Karachi Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (KIHD) to the NICVD so that it could be transformed into a satellite center of NICVD for provision of state of the art cardiac-care facilities to people living around it.

"I have a dream that KIHD in Federal B. Area becomes a satellite center for the NICVD so that residents of district central and East could also be provided state-of-the-art cardiac-care facilities near to their abodes. I would request Mayor Karachi to handover KIHD to the NICVD so that it could be transformed into a quality healthcare facility under the leadership of Professor Nadeem Qamar", Barrister Murtaza Wahab said after inaugurating the 12th CPU of NICVD at Orangi Town no.5 on Tuesday.

The Executive Director NICVD Professor Nadeem Qamar, Incharge of NICVD Emergency Services Dr Zair Hussain, senior cardiologists and local government representatives from the area were also present on the occasion.-PR

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