Karachi: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Karachi, has successfully discharged a 12-year-old boy from Khuzdar, Balochistan, after performing a highly complex and life-saving cardiac surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his heart.
The child had sustained an accidental gunshot injury in Khuzdar and was initially taken to local hospitals. Due to the critical nature of his condition and the complexity of the cardiac injury, he was subsequently shifted to Karachi for specialized treatment. After being taken to different hospitals in Karachi, the child was eventually brought to the Paediatric Emergency Department of NICVD Karachi in an extremely critical condition.
The approximately two-hour-long complex procedure was successfully performed by a team led by Prof. Sohail Khan Bangash, Head of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, NICVD, along with Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Saad Badar. Dr. Abdul Sattar, Paediatric Interventionist, Prof. Amin Khuwaja, Anaesthetist, and other members of the multidisciplinary medical team also played an important role in the successful procedure.
Prof. Sohail Khan Bangash said that the child was brought to NICVD in an extremely critical condition with a bullet lodged in his heart. The situation required an immediate and highly coordinated response. After urgent assessment, we proceeded with emergency surgery, and the bullet was successfully removed. We are pleased that the child responded well to treatment, recovered satisfactorily and has now been discharged.
Prof. Tahir Saghir, Executive Director, NICVD, appreciated the efforts of the entire medical, surgical, nursing and support teams for successfully managing the highly complex case.
NICVD remains committed to providing advanced and specialized cardiac care to patients from Sindh and across Pakistan with the continued support of the Government of Sindh, NICVD has developed specialized expertise and state-of-the-art facilities to manage critical and complex cardiac cases, he added.
The child’s successful recovery and discharge mark another example of NICVD’s specialized paediatrics cardiac services and its role in providing advanced cardiac care to patients from across the country.
