The Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi on Tuesday inaugurated the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Counter and the Chest Pain Unit at the KU Clinic.
The KU in collaboration with the District Health Office East established the EPI at its Clinic to protect the newborn to two years old children by immunizing them against childhood tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, hepatitis B, haemophilus, influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal and inactivated polio vaccine.
The KU faculty, employees, and people living in the neighborhood areas would also avail the facilities from the newly established EPI Counter. The DHO East official would provide the EPI vaccinations to the children. Meanwhile, the KU also inaugurated its Chest Pain Unit in its Clinic and installs the electrocardiogram (ECG) machine to monitor the heart’s rhythm and electrical activity at the initial stage. A local pharmaceutical firm, PharmEvo as per its memorandum of understanding, has provided the ECG machine to the University of Karachi. On this occasion, the KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi expressed that one of the biggest problems in our society is that the majority of people do not have an idea about the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment. He observed that usually lack of awareness regarding diseases create a lot of complications. The KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi mentioned that we are trying to convert our clinic into a mini-hospital and hoped that gradually more medical facilities would be available in the clinic.
