Senior leader of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and MNA Syed Naveed Qamar on Sunday vowed to provide "15 to 20 million rupees within a couple of weeks" for the establishment of a paediatric surgery theatre and a Central Sterilization Department (CSD) at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Satellite Center at Tando Muhammad Khan, saying within a few weeks, children with congenital heart from entire lower Sindh area would be operated upon at NICVD Tando Muhammad Khan.

"We don't want to put any more financial burden on the Sindh government so we have arranged the funds from the production bonus of petroleum companies operating in the Tando Muhammad Khan. Within a couple of weeks, a cheque amounting to Rs 15 to 20 million would be handed over to the NICVD Tando Muhammad Khan administration for the establishment of a paediatric cardiac theater and CSD at this Satellite centre of the NICVD", PPP leader and MNA Naveed Qamar said while speaking at the second anniversary of the NICVD Tando Muhammmad Khan.

President of the Pakistan Cardiac Society (PCS) Prof Feroz Memon, Executive Director NICVD Prof. Nadeem Qamar, Head of Preventive Cardiology NICVD Prof. Khawar Kazmi, Incharge NICVD Tando Muhammad Khan Dr. Ghazanfar Shah and notables of the area were also present on the occasion.

Syed Naveed Qamar deplored that there were thousands of children in the entire lower Sindh who had been borne with congenital heart disease and heart defects who had never seen a paediatric cardiologist but added that after establishment of NCIVD's Satellite Centre at Tando Muhammad Khan, hundreds of children had been examined at the paediatric OPD and they were advised to undergo surgeries to live normal lives.-PR

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