750,000 kids born too soon every year in Pakistan
KARACHI Amar Guriro Each year, some 15 million babies in the world are born too early. More than 1 million of those babies die shortly after birth; countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological or educational disability, often at great cost to families and society; and Pakistan is eighth in the top 10 countries with the highest rate of preterm births, disclosed a detailed report titled ‘Born Too…
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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 was the first-ever experiment conducted by the AKUH experts to install the device in a…
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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 father admitted to the hospital earlier this month for cardiac surgery. The man was promised…
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