Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation
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The Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) is a dialysis & kidney transplant centre located in Pakistan.[1] SIUT was founded by Dr. Adibul Hasan Rizvi and it is Pakistan's largest kidney disease center,[2][3] as well as Pakistan's largest public sector health organisation. It began as a department of urology at the government-run Civil Hospital in 1970[4] and became autonomous in 1991. Ten to twelve transplants are performed weekly, and in 2003, doctors at SIUT performed Pakistan's first liver transplant.[4] In 2004, a child care unit was opened.[5]
Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT) | |
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Dewan Farooq Medical Complex | |
Geography | |
Location | SIUT Karachi Pakistan Near Civil hospital Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Organisation | |
Type | Medical teaching |
Affiliated university | HEC CPSP |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1000 |
History | |
Opened | 1970 by Adibul Hasan Rizvi |
Links | |
Website | www |
All services provided by SIUT, including dialysis and transplantation, are provided free of cost with dignity.[4][6]