Message by EDO – Liver Foundation
I am honoured to write these lines on behalf of Liver Foundation Trust for Liver Centre. Liver Centre is a prestigious unit of liver diseases & first of its kind in Pakistan for prevention, treatment & research of the liver disease. Hepatitis is almost an epidemic in Faisalabad and its adjoining areas.
Outgoing nation figures approximately 12% of Pakistani population is suffering from either Hepatitis B or C. Local figures suggest an even higher magnitude of this life-threatening disorder. No trained, well equipped and dedicated diagnostic/treatment facility for liver-related disorder existed in Punjab, particularly in Faisalabad. Local philanthropists in association with Prof.Dr.Zahid Yasin Hashmi, Chairman Liver Foundation Trust (Ex-Principal Punjab Medical College) came up with the idea of developing a Liver Foundation Trust in order to provide a centre of excellence or diagnosis, research and treatment of liver-related disorders.
A dream came true on 6th January 2005, when Liver Centre was officially inaugurated by Ex-Governor of Punjab Lt.Gen® Khalid Maqbool, Liver centre’s targets are not only to provide treatment & services to the patients suffering from Liver related disorders but also to reduce the prevalence of liver disease through the prime of prevention.
Dr.Shaheena Hashmi
Executive Director Operations
Liver Centre, Faisalabad