Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases
| Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Geography | |
| Location | ST-15, Block 16, Federal B. Area, Gulberg Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 24°56′00″N 67°04′49″E / 24.9333333°N 067.0802778°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public |
| Type | Teaching, Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 120 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.kihd.edu.pk/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pakistan |
Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), is a tertiary care teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the second largest state-run heart diseases hospital in Karachi.[1]
The 120-beds facility spread out over an area of 3.6 acres is located in Federal B. Area, Gulberg Town, Karachi.[2]
Services
[edit]The institute provides out-patient service and diagnostic facilities, such as Electrocardiography, X-Ray, Exercise Tolerance Test, Echo Doppler studies, angiography, angioplasty. There are two coronary-care units, a 20-bed emergency hall and an 80-bed ward.[3]
History
[edit]In 1974, Nusrat Bhutto inaugurated a maternity home which later turned into an educational institution. The location housed the old campus of the Karachi Medical and Dental College.[2]
In January 2004, Mayor Karachi Naimatullah Khan laid the foundation stone of the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases.[4] The institute became functional in June 2005. The City District Government Karachi under Naimatullah Khan had spent about Rs.800 million on the project.[2]
In March 2008, the institute started providing a non-invasive cardiac therapy known as angiogenesis to patients to treat ischemic myocardium.[5]
In 2018, The Express Tribune reported regarding the various non-functional machines at the institute.[6]
In December 2021, the 22nd chest pain unit of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases was inaugurated at the institute.[7][8]
In May 2022, the angiography department of the institute was shutdown due to the closure of the angiography machine.[9]
In August 2022, an Emergency Response Center of Rescue 1122 was inaugurated at the institute.[10]
In April 2023, a Research department was inaugurated at the institute.[11]
In May 2023, the angiography machine was activated at the institute.[12]
In April 2024, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation City Nursing Institute was inaugurated by the Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab at the KIHD.[13]
In May 2024, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab inaugurated the Blue Code Intensive Care Ward at the institute.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "KARACHI: Regular treatment at KIHD begins". DAWN. 27 August 2006.
- ^ a b c "KARACHI: KIHD goes without vital unit for want of SNE". DAWN. 4 June 2005.
- ^ "KARACHI: KIHD to start work on Jan 28". DAWN. 8 December 2004.
- ^ "KARACHI: Foundation of heart diseases institute laid". DAWN. 10 January 2004.
- ^ Alam, Mukhtar (14 March 2008). "KARACHI: KIHD introduces new cardiac therapy". DAWN.
- ^ "Missing facilities plagued Sindh's hospitals in 2017". The Express Tribune. 1 January 2018.
Three angiography machines are not working at the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, while only two are working. The solid state relay machine that help open the veins of the heart have been non-functional for two years and its CT angiography machine, which was bought at a cost of Rs120 million, has also been non-operational for two years. The staff required to operate these machines, including the doctor, are not present at the hospital. In addition to this, three echo machines and two ETT machines are also non-functional. An X-ray machine and 20 cardiac monitors are also out of order.
- ^ "Wahab inaugurates NICVD chest pain unit at Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases". The News International. 25 December 2021.
- ^ Ilyas, Faiza (25 December 2021). "Sindh govt hands over KMC-run cardio hospital to NICVD". DAWN.
- ^ Abbas, Dua (26 May 2022). "KIHD angiography department shut down". The Express Tribune.
- ^ "Emergency Response Centre opens in city". The Express Tribune. 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Administrator opens research dept at Karachi Institute of Heart Disease". Business Recorder. 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Angiography machine activated in Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases: Administrator". The Nation. 12 May 2023.
- ^ Khan, Abid (1 April 2024). "Murtaza Wahab inaugurates Nursing Institute at KIHD". BOL News.
- ^ "Mayor inaugurates intensive care ward at KIHD". The News International. 16 May 2024.