DAR ES SALAAM
"Dar es Salaam Partners with Knight Support Services" |
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Tanzania - The Aga Khan
Hospital, Dar es Salaam and the Knight Support Services
are partnering to provide ambulance services.
“There is evidence that ambulance services staffed
by fully trained paramedics can save lives. The service
should cover the city and not be based around particular
hospitals. Knight Support Services provides this with its
international standard six modern ambulances with 25 paramedics,”
said Lawrence Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer. |
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HYDERABAD
"New Paediatric Ward at AKMCCC" |
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Hyderabad - The Aga Khan
Maternal and Child Care Centre, Hyderabad introduced a new
paediatric ward with six beds, an isolation room (equipped
with cardiac monitor) and centralised oxygen supply. The
ward will be supported by trained nursing staff.
The ward’s new isolation room will provide specialists
with the appropriate facilities to treat infants with communicable
diseases. Anwar Ajanee, Chairman of the Aga Khan University
Hospital Lions Club, inaugurated the ward. He also announced
a Rs 100,000 donation to expand the isolation wing. |
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KARACHI - AKU
"Aga Khan University Expands Scope of Nursing Care in
Syria" |
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Karachi - The Aga Khan
University (AKU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Government of Syria that will help improve the quality
of nursing care and strengthen academic standards of nursing
education in the country.
The agreement covers a five-year programme in which AKU
will provide technical support and build capacity of the
Syrian Ministry of Health in the field of nursing education
and services.
In addition to higher education for Syrian nurses at Aga
Khan University School of Nursing, the programme will comprise
continuous education courses in Syria. Training in speciality
areas such as paediatric care, critical care, and oncology
will be offered. Nurses will also receive training in clinical
expertise as well as in leadership skills, computers and
English. The programme will also provide for up to 15 students
to pursue Bachelor degrees in Nursing (BScN) and a further
five students to pursue Master degrees in Nursing (MScN).
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KARIMABAD
"Expansion of Hospital Services in Karachi" |
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Karimabad - The Aga Khan
Health Service, Pakistan renamed three of its maternity
homes in Karachi to reflect the upgrading and expansion
of its centres.
The Aga Khan maternity homes in Karimabad, Garden and Kharadar
are now known as the Aga Khan Hospital for Women, Karimabad,
the Aga Khan Hospital for Women, Garden and the Aga Khan
Hospital for Women, and Children, Kharadar, respectively.
These Hospitals now offer expanded services in gynaecology,
oncology and general surgery for women and in-patient treatment
facilities for children.
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MOMBASA
"Mombasa Performs Closed Heart Surgery" |
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Mombasa - The Aga Khan
Hospital, Mombasa and a visiting cardiac surgery team from
the United Kingdom recently performed a closed heart surgery
for a child.
This is the team’s second operation. Last year, they
performed a Patent Ductus Arteriosus (an abnormal opening
in a major heart vessel) procedure on a child.
The children were identified during a free heart clinic
organised by the volunteer Paediatric Support Group. The
patients come from the Coast Province and were sponsored
by the Hospital’s Welfare Scheme.
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MUMBAI
"Mumbai is introducing two new departments" |
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Mumbai -
In keeping with its commitment towards constant improvement of the range and
quality of services, the Prince Aly Khan Hospital has recently introduced two
new departments for Cardiothoracic Surgery and In Vitro Fertilization.
> Find out more |
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NAIROBI
"Another First for the Aga Khan Univeristy Hospital, Nairobi" |
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The Aga Khan Univeristy Hospital, Nairobi has opened the first One
Stop Breast Clinic in Kenya. The clinic is geared to provide
immediate consultation and prompt diagnosis of breast problems.
Women and men suffering with Breast Cancer symptoms such
as a breast lump, breast pain, or discharge from the nipple
are able to seek consultation and prompt diagnosis from
a highly trained and experienced team of experts.
Previously
the process of diagnosing the problem used to take more
than a week: breast patients had to report at the Family
Medicine Centre before being referred to a surgeon. “In
the one stop breast clinic, we have speeded up the process
so that it now takes only one morning and by noon if not
sooner the patient’s problem has
been diagnosed and the mode of treatment advised” says
Dr. Asad Raja the Chairman of Surgery at the hospital. “Though
every woman with a breast problem has fears of cancer,
80% turn out to be non-cancerous.”
The facilities
available at these clinics are Consultation with highly
trained and experienced Surgeons, Counseling for guidance
and help, Mammography (breast X-ray) and if necessary for
diagnosis, an Ultrasound and Biopsy will be carried out.
Early
recognition of cancer offers the best hope for cure and
quick consultation with experts can allay fears, or allow
treatment to be started promptly. The Clinic encourages
women over the age of 35 years especially those who have
not breast-fed and also those with a family history of
breast cancer to go for regular check-ups.
The One Stop
Breast Clinic is located at the Radiology Department and
is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.00a.m
to 12 noon. For more information please contact the One
Stop Breast Clinic on telephone +254 20 366 2150.
"The Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi Upgraded to University Hospital"
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It is with great pleasure that I write
to inform you that the Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi has been
upgraded to a University Hospital. The hospital was renamed
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, Nairobi)
and duly registered and licensed by the Medical Practitioners
and Dentists Board of Kenya.
Established in 1958 and currently
a 254-bed facility, the hospital has been operating under
the aegis of Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya. This decision
to upgrade the Hospital was taken by the Chancellor His
Highness the Aga Khan in order to respond to the needs
of healthcare needs of the people of East Africa.
The University
Hospital is focusing on providing high quality care, research
and Postgraduate Medical Education in all major clinical
specialties; Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology, Anaesthesia,
Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Paediatrics. Patients who opt
to be treated under the university doctors will benefit
from a team based approach through the management of resident
doctors who are training in Postgraduate studies, registrars
who are newly qualified in their specialties and the lecturer
consultants. The benefit of such a model to the patient
is recognized worldwide and is the only one available in
the private healthcare system in the region.
By training
independent specialists ready to take up practising posts
in public and private sector hospitals in East Africa,
AKUH Nairobi aims to assist in significantly enhancing
the number of qualified professionals in specialist care
in a region that has long suffered from workforce attrition
and an increasing disease burden.
We aim to strengthen existing
partnerships with the Ministry of Health and other Kenyan
universities offering health education, with a view to
share experiences, strengthen public sector delivery systems
and collaborate on teaching and research.
The Aga Khan
University Hospital, Nairobi remains committed to caring
for you.
By Sagie Pillay
Regional Chief Executive Officer, East-Africa &
Chief
Executive Officer Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
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