KARACHI, July 7: The Dow Medical College (DMC) and Civil Hospital Karachi will hold a week-long congress on critical care issues and their management in December.
Dr Saeeda Haider, chairperson of Anaesthesiology, Surgical Intensive Care and Pain Management department of DMC, said her department and the CHK had planned to organize events on critical care knowledge and updates, including workshops on issues like nutrition, ventilation, monitoring and burns in various intensive care units maintained by about half a dozen government and private hospitals in the city.
She said experts relevant to the subject will also be invited from South Asian countries, who will share their experiences of managing critical care with limited resources.