Karachi - Health and Medicine

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Main article: List of hospitals in Karachi

Karachi is a centre of research in biomedicine, with at least 30 public hospitals and more than 80 private hospitals, including the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Spencer Eye Hospital, Civil Hospital, PNS Rahat, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Aga Khan University Hospital, Holy Family Hospital and Liaquat National Hospital, as well as Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Hamid Hospital Pvt. Ltd, Ziauddin Hospital, National Medical Centre and Lady Dufferin Hospital. Medical schools include the Dow Medical College, Aga Khan University, Liaquat National Medical College, Sindh Medical College, Dow International Medical College, Baqai Medical University, Karachi Medical & Dental College, Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry, Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls and [[Ziauddin Medical University. On October 2012 Honorable Governor Sindh Dr. Eshrat-ul-Ibad Khan announced Rising Karachi (www.risingkarachi.gov.pk).

Rising Karachi is a Mobile application designed to depict a new & improved picture of KMC services for the residents of Karachi. It is a complete showcase of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). This facility provides a single interface to the citizens of Karachi to interact with all the towns, union councils & departments on their finger tips. Rising Karachi application is also available to the public on website. This website will be used to download the mobile application. It will provide the list of Brands name and mobile models on which this application can be installed. Users can register their mobile number to get the download link of their mobile. The Website will also work as an application which will be provided on mobile. It will facilitate the user to view any information on computer, laptop and share the information with others. It is an application which helps & facilitates the residents of Karachi in areas of Health, Transportation routes and daily merchandising etc. It provides up to date information and alerts to the residents of Karachi. Rising Karachi will improve the management of public announcements, alters & different Campaigns. Through this application, citizens can launch complaints; get status, give feedback, and fetch specific information to any office or application procedure. Rising Karachi has made it easy to run KMC Services smoothly and efficiently. This application provides instant Information and keeps a centralised contact list through the Karachi yellow pages tab. Rising Karachi is the most interactive & fast medium to reach the citizens directly. It will help to increase the knowledge & usage of services provided by KMC.]].

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