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Carrying a price tag of Rs 1.1 million, AKUH’s unique pacemaker saves a life

Amar Guriro KARACHI – In the first of its kind procedure in Pakistan, doctors at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) successfully implanted a heart rhythm monitoring device – an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) – in a 14-year-old girl from Balochistan. A press release issued by the AKU Public Affairs Department on Tuesday claimed that it [...]

Agha Khan Hospital becomes breeding ground for deadly bacteria

*AcinetobActer Invades ICU, CCU, CICU, and NICU *Patients become infected during treatment, prolonging their stay and putting them at risk of contracting other diseases *Exorbitant amounts charged from those left mourning the loss of their departed ones By Amar Guriro KARACHI MUNIBA*, a young employee of the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), had her 8-year-old [...]

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