Karachi: Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) today inaugurated Pakistan’s first public sector Bleeding Care Unit at National Institute of Liver & Gastrointestinal Disease (NILGID) Ojha Campus.
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Unit was performed by Prof. Dr. Tariq Mahmood, Vice President, College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan along Pro Vice Chancellor-DUHS Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Director NILGID, Prof. Dr. Rana Qamar, MS Dow University Hospital Dr. Zahid Azam and DUHS Visiting Faculty and Head of the Department of International Medicine, Gastroenteriology and Heptatology Protestant Hospital Zweibrucken, Germany, Peter J. E. Schiedermaier.
The Bleeding Care Unit at NILGID is the first of its kind which comprises a team of experts including Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Critical Care Specialist, Anesthetists, Radiologists, Trained Nurses and Technicians who work together to help patients with Gastrointestinal bleed in resuscitating them, stopping the bleeding, determining the cause of bleeding, and taking adequate measures in preventing further bleeds.
Earlier, a Public Awareness Seminar on Complications of liver diseases was also held at NIGLID in which leading professor and doctors briefied about the chronic liver disease situation in Pakistan in its preventive measures.
Peter J. E. Schiedermaier speaking on the occasion said that liver disease is a major public health challenge. It the third most common amongst all the diseases in the country and is on the rise in the country. Cirrhosis of the liver is a potentially life threatening condition that occurs when scarring damages the liver. The scarring, also called fibrosis, replaces healthy tissue and prevents the liver from functioning properly, he explained. He informed that hepatitis C, with a prevalence of 6 percent in Pakistan, is the leading cause of cirrhosis of liver, followed by hepatitis B, which has a prevalence of 3 percent. Complications of liver cirrhosis are quite common and include unconsciousness, accumulation of fluid in the abdomen (ascites), and vomiting of blood (hematemesis). He informed that it is possible to avert cirrhosis of liver, if diseases responsible for this condition are diagnosed at an early stage, prompt referral is made, and effective treatment is provided to the patient.
 As hepatitis B and C are the leading cause of cirrhosis of liver in the local population, he urged that concrete measures should be adopted for their prevention. He said that vaccination against hepatitis B could reduce the incidence of liver cirrhosis.
Prof. Dr. Umer Farooq sharing his views on the occasion said that the Unit is one of its kind in Pakistan. It will go a long way in providing services to the ailing humanity. It is the vision of Dow University that we are not only providing excellence academic service but we are also providing community health care as well. Patients from Karachi and interior Sindh will be benefited from this Unit.
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