We have seven Cath Labs, four new OTs are being added while extension of Emergency is in Progress-Prof. Mujtaba Ali Siddiqui
27th Annual PHL conference at Multan
MULTAN: CPE Institute of Cardiology has emerged as one of the best tertiary cardiac care institution in the country and over the years it has made tremendous progress. We have seven Cardiac Cath Labs, four new Operation Theaters are being added while the expansion of Emergency is in progress. This was stated by Prof. Mujtaba Ali Siddiqui Chief Executive Officer of CPE Institute of Cardiology. He was delivering the welcome address at the inaugural session of 27th Annual Conference of Pakistan Hypertension League held here from October 27th to 29th 2024.
Prof.Tariq Abbas, Prof. Mujtaba Ali Siddiqui, Prof. M. Ishaq, Prof. Kashif Hashmi and Dr. Ikram, Farid Langrail speaking at the press conference organized at the time of PHL conference held at Multan recently.
He welcomed the speakers and participants to the conference who had come from all over the country and pointed out that organization of such academic events will further enhance the image and prestige of this institution. He also thanked the PHL for selecting this institution as a venue of this conference. Giving details of the functioning of the institute Prof. Mujtaba Ali Siddiqui said that we cater to six hundred sixty million populations in this region. This is a five hundred bed facility. Thousands of procedures are performed every year. We have started TAVI programme. We have well equipped facility and well trained staff including nursing and paramedics.
Giving details of the workload at the institution he pointed out that during the Year 2023 we performed one thousand four hundred eighty-one cardiac surgeries which included two hundred seventy pediatrics cardiac surgical procedures. Seventeen thousand four hundred eighty-eight patients were admitted in Emergency; five thousand seven hundred ninety-six angioplasties were performed. The number of angiographies performed stood at twenty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-nine, six thousand five hundred twenty-five Ultrasound were performed, the Doppler studies performed during the same period were two thousand three hundred ninety-two. Twenty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-nine Echocardiography’s were performed during the last year. We have initiated training programmes in various disciplines and currently one hundred thirty-two postgraduates are under training, he remarked.
Prof. Ejaz Ahmad being presented Life Time Achievement Award at the recently held PHL conference organized by CPE Institute of Cardiology at Multan from September 26th to 28th 2024. Also seen in the picture are Prof. Tariq Abbas, Prof. Abdus Samad, Prof. Nawaz Lashari, Prof. M. Ishaq and Prof. A. Rashid Khan.
Prof.Tariq Abbas in his speech highlighted the activities of Pakistan Hypertension League Multan Chapter. He stated that we cover three teaching institutions besides the local DHQ Hospital. Numerous pre-conference workshops were organized. In addition to Hands on Workshops, we also have a pre-conference Nursing Symposium with the objective of professional capacity building of these healthcare professionals.
President of Pakistan Hypertension League Prof. Nawaz Lashari in his speech discussed the risk factors for hypertension and particularly highlighted the low tolerance level in the society, our attitudes and behavior which further increase blood pressure. Drugs are very costly which a vast majority of our patients cannot afford with the result that there are serious issues with therapeutic compliance.
Group Photograph of some of the participants to the PHL Conference organized by CPE Institute of Cardiology at Multan from September 26th to 28th 2024.
Prof. M. Ishaq in his address stated that anything which is started with love never dies that is why Pakistan Hypertension League is flourishing and remains an academically active professional specialty organization ever since its inception. He thanked the pharma industry for their support stating that without their help and assistance they cannot organize such academic activities. However, our request to them is to keep the prices low which should be affordable for the patients. The National Pharmaceutical industry has done a commendable job by making available all the latest molecules and they are meeting the national requirements by producing quality drugs. Blood pressure control remains an issue for which we need the support of media, society, government to create awareness to control hypertension. Health cover should not be a class related service.
Primary healthcare should be accessible to the entire population. Our society needs to change its attitude. Hypertension with it brings many other diseases like PAD, diabetes co-existing with hypertension is a slow poisoning. He made a passionate appeal that let us avoid stress, take care of the known risk factors, use healthy diet, ensure regular exercise, timely identification, screening of the population and adherence to drug therapy will help improve the situation, he remarked.
Scientific Program
It was spread over numerous sessions. The pre-conference workshops covered topics like Basic Life Support, ECG, Master the Art of Cardiac Auscultation, Enhance your skills in Blood Pressure measurement, Unlock the fundamentals of Echocardiography, Advance your Echo Techniques, Tips and Tricks of Echocardiography. Foundation of Hypertension Nursing Care was the theme of Nursing Symposium. This symposium also discussed Nursing Intervention and clinical management in detail in one of the sessions while another session was devoted to Nursing Leadership and Advocacy. There was a pre-inaugural session in which Prof. Javed Iqbal was one of the guest speakers. There were thirteen scientific sessions where numerous subjects related to hypertension were discussed by the speakers. A special session devoted to Aspirin- The Wonder Drug chaired by Prof.Abdul Samad was also part of the scientific programme. PHL also presented Fellowship to some of its members particularly the current office bearers. It was heartening to note that the organizers honoured Prof.Ejaz who retired few years ago with the Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of his services.
Pakistan Hypertension League Multan Chapter organized an awareness walk on World Heart Day. Photograph shows some of the participants of the walk which was led by Prof. Kashif Hashmi and Prof. Nawaz Lashari.
The conference was eventful in many respects. First of all, it was held at an academic institution instead of a hotel which must be commended and appreciated. The organizing committee led by Prof. Tariq Abbas and Prof. Kashif Hashmi had made excellent arrangements for the meeting. Audiovisual arrangements were superb, overall hospitality was remarkable and most importantly the attendance in scientific session was very encouraging. Above all the organizes did not make money on hotel rooms which is most often witnessed at medical conferences and the pharma industry was allowed to arrange the accommodation for their invited guests at their own. The conference dinner was very well attended where the guests were presented Ajrak and gifts.
It must be mentioned here that it was Prof.Kashif Hashmi who had taken the initiative to organize the PHL conference in Multan. When he was transferred from CPE Institute of Cardiology to Nishtar Medical University, he offered the Chairmanship of the organizing committee to Prof. Tariq Abbas and also asked the CPE Institute of Cardiology to organize the conference. Prof. Tariq Abbas reciprocated this gesture by helping Prof. Kashif Hashmi to be unanimously elected as new President of Pakistan Hypertension League. This was a remarkable cooperation, coordination, respect for each other which needs to be commended which is seldom seen in the professional specialty organizations.
Withdrawal by Prof. Abid Amin from the contest for the post of President PHL in favours of Prof.Kashif Hashmi was also welcomed which earned him lot of respect from the members of PHL. There was voting for the post of General Secretary while other office bearers were also elected unanimously. During the General Body meeting some concerns were raised about the audited accounts at which the PHL executives promised to look into it and make the necessary corrections. Prof. Kashif Hashmi also organized an Awareness Walk on World Heart Day on Sunday October 29th which was participated by a large number of healthcare professionals, office bearers of PHL and representatives from the Pharma industry. Further reports based on different presentations in various scientific sessions to follow.
