First successful mechanical heart transplant performed in Pakistan

[Zibago]

First successful mechanical heart transplant performed in Pakistan
Web Desk On Jul 9, 2018

KARACHI: A team of doctors successfully performed Pakistan’s first-ever mechanical heart transplant at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) on Monday.

It is being seen as a milestone in Pakistan’s medical history, while the use of this technology is unprecedented in Pakistan’s history. 62-year-old Nafeesa Begum is the first patient to undergo this surgery and receive a mechanical heart transplant.

Administrator of NICVD Dr Hameedullah Malik said the woman’s heart was only 15 percent functional prior to the surgery but all her other organs were working fine.




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The whole procedure was performed by Dr Pervez Chaudhry, who joined the NICVD team on the request of Head of NICVD Dr Nadeem Qamar, along with his team that consists of eight experts.

Introducing mechanical heart transplant technology was an initiative taken by Qamar. “We had been working on structuring this department for about six months now,” Dr Malik added.

He informed that a regular heart transplant is inserting a new heart in the body but in a mechanical heart transplant the organ is not replaced, in fact the pumping mechanism is fixed by using a device. This device then pumps blood across the body, he explained.
https://arynews.tv/en/first-successful-mechanical-heart-transplant-performed-in-pakistan/

 

[django]

Pak needs to invest heavily in regenerative medicine research, it is the future, it has potential to eliminate all disease completely.

 

[saltyashell]

A bit misleading since the surgeon and his team are Americans.
Pakistan needs to develop in-house capabilities or else these guest surgeons are just feel good moments.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

A bit misleading since the surgeon and his team are Americans.
Pakistan needs to develop in-house capabilities or else these guest surgeons are just feel good moments.

The whole procedure was performed by Dr Pervez Chaudhry,

 

[Zibago]

A bit misleading since the surgeon and his team are Americans.
Pakistan needs to develop in-house capabilities or else these guest surgeons are just feel good moments.

Who will train locals to do it themselves in the future

 

[saltyashell]

Who will train locals to do it themselves in the future

Normal route is that local docs get training and experience in reputed hospitals and then join their local hospitals. Of course the local hospital should also be willing to invest in the equipment and other post surgery facilities.
Do experienced docs like this guy have enough incentive to relocate to Pakistan ?
This surgery is close to my heart(pun) as I have had a rare surgery and clearly understand that patients normally look at surgeons not hospitals for rare surgeries

 

[Chakar The Great]

Excellent news, first step in the right direction.

 

[MultaniGuy]

Excellent news.

 

[WarKa DaNG]

Congratulations

 

[HariPrasad]

Well done. Cheers.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

total cost for this operation Rs 1.10 crores