Few days back i had a comprehensive meeting with Lt. Col. Dr. Hanif sb who is one of the few liver transplant specialist in pakistan. He was on his training in Southkorea for a month and i am lucky to had a meeting with him. I discussed with him about the liver transplant issue in pakistan and got shocked to hear some of the facts he states and wanted to share with you:
1) Liver transplant average price is 5 to 6 million PKR.
2) There are more than 1000 patients per year in pakistan and most of them are from Kpk
3) There are only few doctors in pakistan who are specialized in liver transplant.
4) Only army is working on sending some of its employees to get special trainings on the said matter
After his discussion we came up with some of the suggestions which might help us to initiate a massive project.
In order to increase the efficiency of work, government need to take initiatives to send some doctors in order to get liver transplant hands on training. As per his suggestion South korea is one of the leading country who is doing more than 2 surgeries per day and could train our fellows with recent developmemt in this feild. If Govt. take the responsibility to cover some of the expenses of the training of doctors which can help to sign an MOU between korean and Govt. medical associations.
Another very important point is awarness program. Most of the HCV cases are due non hygienic water usage. Govt. can initiate an awareness program explaining the basic ideas how to avoid HCV. In countries like pakistan it is very rare to have regular check up so most of the victims were unaware of having HCV virus. Luckily they can get to know while doing the blood donation etc. so it is very important to start awareness programs via social media and other channels.
Arslan
14-12-2015
