KARACHI, Nov 29: About 800 kidney donors will be honoured at a ceremony being organised by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation at the Sindh Governor’s House on Thursday.
An SIUT spokesman said on Wednesday that the event was being held to celebrate 20 years of successful transplantation at the institute.
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan will be the chief guest at the ceremony. It will be attended, among others, by Dr Luc Noel of the WHO and Prof Francis Delmonico of the International Transplant Society.
VHF PATIENTS AT AKUH1: The Aga Khan University Hospital stated on Wednesday that 22 patients are currently hospitalized with suspect viral hemorrhagic fever.
So far, a total of 750 patients with ages ranging between six and 82 years were admitted at AKUH between June 14 and Nov 29 with viral hemorrhagic fever. Of these, 15 patients expired due to severity of the disease, while 713 recovered and were discharged. A total of 718 patients were received from Karachi.
