KARACHI, Aug 11 Accompanied by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurated two cardiac emergency centres in Shah Faisal and Landhi towns.

Each of the 50-bed centres will function as units of the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), and will begin receiving patients in their out-patient and emergency departments on Wednesday.

The governor also inaugurated a second mortuary of the city government in Landhi. The cold storage was completed recently and has a capacity for 58 bodies.

Dr Ibad also visited the KIHD in Federal B Area, where a new building (KIHD Unit-II) was inaugurated by the city nazim recently.

The governor also addressed a public meeting in Landhi after the inauguration of the facilities there.

He said all credit for the development activities that took place in Karachi and the interior of Sindh during the last few years went to MQM leader Altaf Hussain, who, according to him, had always motivated his party workers and leaders to work selflessly and impartially.

“The development works carried out in Karachi during the last four years are in fact like serving the whole of Pakistan and we feel pride in it,” Dr Ibad said, adding that he was satisfied that the city government had set an example of public service by providing emergency healthcare facilities to the people near their homes.

Speaking at the gathering, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said there would be no U-turn in the journey of development in Karachi. “The process of development will continue despite all odds,” he said.

Coming to the development of cardiac care facilities, he said the first five to 10 minutes were considered most important for heart patients needing immediate medical aid, and nobody could afford delays in such cases.

In the past Karachi had only one cardiac care and treatment facility, but now “we have established four cardiac emergency centers in different areas of the city to provide the facility of open-heart surgery, angioplasty and angiography on subsidised rates.”

MNA Asif Husnain, DCO Javed Hanif and EDO (health) Dr A.D. Sajnani were also present during the inaugurations and meetings.