The Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University,Islamabadorganized a seminar in collaboration with National Blood Transfusion Programme to mark the start of weeklong celebrations of the World Blood Donor Day 2012. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, Project Director, National Blood Transfusion Programme gave an overview of the World Blood Donor Day and [...]
After performing four successful living donor liver transplants in last six weeks, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday formally opened its liver transplant center for the people of Pakistan. Shifa’s liver transplant center is the first liver transplant centre of Pakistan. Muhammad Yaseen, 12, who was the first living donor liver transplant patient successfully operated [...]
Al-Shifa Blood Bank Foundation organized a walk at Mirpur to mark World Thalassaemia Day 2012. The objective was to create awareness about this fatal disease among masses. Minister for State Ch. Arshad Hussain, Chairman Al-Khidmat Foundation, Dr. Riaz Ahmed, General Secretary Thalassaemia Society Pakistan, Dr. Zafar Iqbal, President Thalassaemia Society Dr. Akram Chaudhary, Technical Advisor [...]
