Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Carrying a price tag of Rs 1.1 million, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) unique pacemaker saves a life

KARACHI - In the first of its kind procedure in Pakistan, doctors at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) successfully implanted a heart rhythm monitoring device – an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) – in a 14-year-old girl from Balochistan.
A press release issued by the AKU Public Affairs Department on Tuesday claimed that it was the first-ever experiment conducted by the AKUH experts to install the device in a child.
Naila Bugti was born with Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), a

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