Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
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The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation ('SIUT') is a dialysis
& kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan
.
SIUT was founded by Dr. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi
and it is Pakistan
's largest kidney disease center, as well as Parkistan's largest public sector health organisation. It began as a department of urology
at the government-run Civil Hospital
in 1970 and became autonomous in 1991. 10-12 transplants are performed weekly, and in 2003 doctors at SIUT performed Pakistan's first liver transplant. In 2004, a child care unit was opened.
All services provided by SIUT, including dialysis and transplantation, are provided free of cost.
Dialysis
In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
& kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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SIUT was founded by Dr. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi
Adeebul Hasan Rizvi
Doctor Adeebul Hasan Rizvi is head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation . SIUT started as an eight bed ward at Civil Hospital, Karachi, and has grown to be Pakistan's leading & largest Urology and Transplantation Institute....
and it is Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's largest kidney disease center, as well as Parkistan's largest public sector health organisation. It began as a department of urology
Urology
Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...
at the government-run Civil Hospital
Civil Hospital
Civil Hospital Karachi is a 1900-bed tertiary care public hospital that imparts both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the Dow Medical College now the Dow University of Health Sciences...
in 1970 and became autonomous in 1991. 10-12 transplants are performed weekly, and in 2003 doctors at SIUT performed Pakistan's first liver transplant. In 2004, a child care unit was opened.
All services provided by SIUT, including dialysis and transplantation, are provided free of cost.