Caretaker Provincial Minister for Heath Dr. Javed Akram has stressed on taking precautionary measures to prevent heart diseases and said that Preventive Departments of Cardiology would be established in all cardiology institutions. He said this while addressing as the chief guest at the awareness seminar on prevention and precautionary measures of heart diseases, organized by The Friends of Cardiology here Saturday.
The minister asked the doctors to play their role in the best way to serve the patients. The support of Friends of Cardiology is also appreciable, he added. Vice Chancellor Nishtar Medical University Professor Dr. Rana Altaf Ahmed and Chairman board Institute of Cardiology Khawaja Jalaluddin Rumi also attended the seminar.
During the seminar, the experts gave detailed lectures on the prevention and precautionary measures of heart diseases. VC Dr. Rana Altaf Ahmed said that there was a need to spread awareness to avoid heart diseases. The cost of heart disease can be avoided by taking precautionary measures, he added.
Khawaja Jalaluddin Rumi said that they would work for the improvement of Nishtar Hospital and the Institute of Cardiology. We will continue to work together for the welfare and health of the people, he expressed.
Assistant Professor Cardiac Surgery Institute of Cardiology Heart Transplant Surgeon Dr. Muhammad Yasir Khan Khakwani told about the new method of bypass treatment “Keyhole Heart Surgery”. He said that more than 100 successful operations of “keyhole heart surgery” had been done so far.
