Karachi Hospital Provides Medical Expertise to Children’s Hospital in Kabul
Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi and French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul , Afghanistan , were linked through an innovative Telemedicine link on June 20, 2007. Using modern technology and communications linkages, Cisco and Roshan have created a partnership with Aga Khan University Hospital , Karachi (AKUH, K) through which CT Scan and X-ray images can be diagnosed, interpreted and treatment suggested from Karachi.
FMIC is an 85-bed paediatric hospital managed by AKUH under a partnership between the French and Afghan governments, the Aga Khan Development Network and La Chaine de L’Espoir, a French humanitarian organisation.
President Aga Khan University (AKU), Firoz Rasul said that this was “a milestone for the University, as we enter into the age of telemedicine. From the beginning for us, access to all sections of society is crucial, both financially and physically. Financially, we have welfare funding for patients who are indigent and cannot afford to pay and a large percentage of our patients benefit from these funds. Care is never denied because of a patient’s inability to pay. Physically, access is provided by outreach centres such as the laboratory collection facilities in 5 localities of Kabul that provide easy access to residents….”
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