July 29, 2021
LAHORE: Veteran doctors and physicians speaking at a seminar warned against the fast growing cases of hepatitis in the country which, statistics say, was taking a life every fifteen minutes.
Early diagnosis is extremely vital for timely treatment and saving lives, they said while addressing the seminar titled ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’ under the aegis of Mir Khalilur Rehman Memorial Society (MKRMS) and Pakistan Society for Liver Diseases (PSLD) in connection with World Hepatitis Day.
The speakers included Dr Zaigham Abbas, Head Department of Gastroenterology Ziauddin University Karachi, Dr Fakhar Ali Areser, Dow University Hospital Karachi, Dr Nasir Hasan Lak, Consultant Gastroenterologist SIUT, Dr Fahim Abbas, Prof and Head Department of Liver and Stomach Diseases Ziauddin University and president Pakistan Society for Study of Liver Diseases Dr Amna Subhan and Fakhar Qazi.