Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Center (PKLI&RC) got interim approval from Punjab Human Organ Transplant Authority (PHOTA) for renal transplant. The evaluation team of PHOTA visited PKLI to assess renal transplant readiness at the hospital. They were satisfied with PKLI's transplant set up and gave interim approval for renal transplant surgeries.
This visit was a regulatory requirement by PHOTA. The inspection team was comprised of senior healthcare professionals from King Edward Medical University, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Allama Iqbal Medical College/Jinnah Hospital and representative from other government organizations.
President and CEO of PKLI Professor Dr Saeed Akhter and HODs from different Clinical departments, including Urology, Nephrology, Renal Transplant, Anesthesia, Phlebotomy, Nursing, ICU, Pharmacy, Histopathology and Hematology, were present on this occasion.