Chest pain unit at Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital approved

Karachi: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has approved the establishment of a chest pain unit at Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital.

“The chest pain unit will be established at the current Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital as a stop gap measure,” said MPA District Mirpurkhas Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah.

He hoped that upon the completion of the New Civil Hospital in Mirpurkhas a complete NICVD Satellite Center can be developed.

“Chairman People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Chief Minister Sindh have fulfilled their promises with the area people,” said Zulfiqar.

He explained that heart disease satellite unit and chest pain unit were a long-standing demand of the people of Mirpurkhas.

Zulfiqar said that the new Civil Hospital would provide service to more than five million people of Mirpurkhas Division.

And, he added, the establishment of chest pain unit at old civil hospital would be beneficial to the people of Mirpurkhas, Omar Kot, Khapro, Jhodo, Tando Adam, and Tandwal hariar.

Unfortunately, he added, the closest NICVD locations to Mirpurkhas are Tando Muhammad Khan and Hyderabad and it takes a minimum of two hours to reach there.

“And very often, emergency patients suffering from heart attacks do not get to receive medical attention in time,” said Zulfiqar.

It is estimated that 30 to 40 percent of all deaths in Pakistan were caused by Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) amounting to 200,000 people in the country.

There is no doubt that these numbers can drastically be curtailed if medical facilities are made easily available to all Pakistanis, he added.