Waseem Sohail

Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Center (Official)

In Pakistan, 40% of all diseases are linked to kidneys, bladder and urinary tract or the liver. One out of every eight Pakistani, during his or her lifetime, will suffer from these life-threatening ailments. The pain of losing a loved one is unbearable enough, but losing a loved one knowing that he or she could have been saved, is a feeling that none of us can imagine, unless we experience it. Irrespective of financial status or background, PKLI&RC is a place where the only priority is to save a life. It aims to provide treatment to whoever needs it in a state-of-the-art hospital with world class facilities. A simple and elegant design with gardens and waterfalls, the PKLI&RC hospital will provide a soothing environment for the treatment of Kidney and Liver diseases, including transplantation. The centre will also impart training to specialist doctors, nurses and paramedics in this field. PKLI&RC, after its completion in 2017, will be one of the bigger transplant centers in the world. It will not only provide free of cost medical services to the poor, but will also provide employment to some 5000 persons, including training for doctors, nurses and paramedics. This highly trained human resource will not only benefit the health care industry locally, but will also be a much sought after resource outside the country. PKLI&RC will be a facility with 800 beds (extendable to 1500 beds), a100 bed emergency centre, a 100 bed ICU, a 100 beds outpatient dialysis facility, 500-bed in-patient facility, 20 operating rooms & 10 same day surgery suites. PKLI is situated on a 50-acre plot in the Lahore Knowledge City in between DHA phase 6 and Bedian Road. PKLI&RC is managed by an independent Board of Trustees, which has representation from the Government and the Private Sector. PKLI&RC is a Public-Private Partnership, this visionary project is not the preserve of a few individuals, it is YOUR project - A project of the people of Pakistan.