Third Cardiology Interventional Workshop

A third Cardiology Interventional workshop will be held on Saturday March 6, 2010 at PGMI LRH Auditorium. Minister for Health Mr. Syed Zahir Ali Shah will be the Chief guest while Dr Naeem Khan a renown cardiologist and representative of Association of Physicians of Pakistan in North America (APPNA), Dr Jamal Jamil from USA and VC KMU Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hafizullah will also participate in the workshop.
According to details, the said workshop, in the history of NWFP first time live Angiography, Angioplasty; Electrophysiology will take place at LRH Peshawar. Besides, renowned and specialized cardiologists Dr Jamal Jamil and Dr Naeem Khan from USA and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hafizullah and Dr Kamran Khattak from PGMI LRH/HMC will perform the above mentioned procedures.
A new Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory has been established in LRH, within local resources. Two new Echo machines and a latest EP non contact map machine have been installed. Due to these additions the total number of cardio patients has increased fourfold to that of present one. Total number of patients under going in various procedures has increased up to four thousand annually. Government of NWFP allocates Rs 40 million every year for the treatment of poor and entitled patients in LRH.
After addition of one new cath Lab the total number of cath labs has become four, while after addition of two new Echo machines the total strength of Echo machines has increased upto six. Enhancement and addition of these new machines will benefit thousands of poor patients of the province and there will be no more waiting lists for patients.
It is worth mentioning here that after introduction of Electro Physiology and establishment of Pediatric  Cardiology unit the cardiology unit of PGMI LRH/HMC has become the country’s most modern and well equipped cardiology centers