Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Saeed Quraishy on Saturday congratulated the faculty and students of Dow Institute of Medical Education (DIME) over completion of twenty-five cases of renal transplant during last seven months at Ojha Campus of DUHS.
He said bone marrow transplant procedures would start from next year at DUHS, while ten liver transplants have also been successfully completed.
He was speaking as a chief guest at a workshop organised by DIME after completion of 25 cases of renal transplant. Assistant Prof Dr Rashid Bin Hamid, Dr Sabahat , Dr Tassaduq Khan, Dr Rehan Nasir Khan, Dr Shobha Lakshmi and others also spoke on this occasion.
On the occasion, Dr Saeed Quraishy added that what was taught through the workshop today would work to serve the humanity. Dr Rashid Bin Hamid told the participants that Ojha Campus started renal transplant by March 1, 2017. It is Sindh’s second transplant center in the public sector. He said that in private and public sector 30 transplant center and 180 dialysis centers were working throughout the country.
He said that the DUHS established a National Institute of Solid Organ and Tissue Transplantation (NISSOT), which not only covered Pakistan but the south and Middle East region as well.
