KARACHI: A delegation of Saudi doctors has arrived in Pakistan's southern Sindh province for a medical campaign sponsored by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) to examine eye and heart patients and perform required surgeries.
During the month-long campaign, some 30,000 patients will be examined and 2,400 surgeries will be performed, according to KSRelief.
The Saudi doctors were introduced to Sindh authorities by Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki on Friday.
"The Saudi doctors would check eye and heart patients and would perform surgeries, if required," the Sindh Chief Minister House said in a statement.
While eye surgery will be performed at KSRelief medical camps set up across the province, Sindh health authorities have designated several hospitals for heart procedures.
"We have cardiac hospitals in Sukkur, Tando Mohamad Khan and in Karachi where open heart surgery can be performed easily," Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Pechuho said.
Pakistan is the fifth-largest recipient of humanitarian and development assistance from the Saudi-based international aid agency and has received more than $120.2 million in aid since 2015.
During last year's its medical campaign in Pakistan, KSRelief said it had performed 2,500 eye procedures and thousands of people benefited from its free eye checkup, treatment and medication.
