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Celebrating NICU's Success at the Aga Khan University Hospital
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Celebrating NICU’s Success at The Aga Khan University Hospital
Celebrating NICU’s Success at The Aga Khan University Hospital • The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) • celebrated its continued success of over 30 years with their faculty, staff, children who • started their journey from the NICU and their parents. The event was attended by more • than 500 people from different walks of life. • Globally 15 million babies are born too early every year, these babies have special needs • and require special care which the multi-disciplinary team Aga Khan University Hospital’s • NICU is fully equipped for.
Celebrating NICU’s Success at The Aga Khan University Hospital • “The NICU at the Aga Khan University Hospital is a 24 bed state of the art facility where • pre-mature babies from different provinces around Pakistan are also transferred for special • care.” Dr. Ali Shabbir Hussain, Director, NICU, the Aga Khan University Hospital. • The NICU at the Aga Khan University Hospital provides quality care and is equipped with • board certified newborn specialists, trained and experienced nursing staff. The survival • rate of premature babies at The Aga Khan University Hospital is above 90%, thus the myth • that pre-mature babies do not survive is wrong. All these babies need is special care” • Dr. Shabina Ariff, Newborn Specialist, the Aga Khan University Hospital.
Celebrating NICU’s Success at The Aga Khan University Hospital • To acknowledge the efforts of the staff at the Aga Khan University Hospital and the • parents in the recovery process of the pre-term babies, token of remembrance and • certificates were distributed amongst the children who have graduated from the NICU • and are leading an active life. • “My baby was transferred from another hospital in this city, the team here gave me • the confidence, emotional support and counselling sessions to assist in my baby’s fast • recovery. The team here is indeed very professional” Dr. Nadia – mother of Fatima, a • NICU patient.
Celebrating NICU’s Success at The Aga Khan University Hospital • The Aga Khan University Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers • all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the quaternary care • hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 secondary care hospitals, over 25 Medical • Centers, and over 260 Clinical Laboratories in over 115 cities across Pakistan. It also has • pharmacies and offers Home Healthcare Services. The Hospital provides Zakat for those • patients who are eligible and the health systems offers generous Patient Welfare to • support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the • AKUH is the accredited by the Joint Commission International as an Academic Medical • Center and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists • (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.
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