The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) in collaboration with Maroof International Hospital organized an awareness seminar on cardio-vascular diseases to celebrate World Heart Day.
Addressing the seminar, Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President ICCI said that 30% to 40% deaths in Pakistan were occurring due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) while 12 Pakistanis were dying every hour from CVD.
It showed that heart diseases have become a leading cause of deaths in Pakistan and stressed that maximum awareness should be created regularly in society to save people from these deadly diseases.—APP
