MULTAN, May 4: An angiography machine worth Rs45 million has reached the Multan Institute of Cardiology to make the state-of-the-art angiography and angioplasty facilities available in the district.

According to an official release issued on Thursday, the machine had been provided to the institute on the orders of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi. Its installation would save people from facing botheration of travelling to Lahore.

The staff required to operate the machine and a team of the company experts have also reached Multan to prepare a dust-free zone for air-conditioning, according to MIC project director Dr Mushtaq Husain Khan.

The facility of angiography and angioplasty would be operational within a month or 45 days after completion of work on the air-conditioning system, he added. —APP