It’s the second time I am at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), the largest governmental academic hospitals in Islamabad and one of the main medical institutions of the country. In February 2007 I visited the Thalassaemia and Heamophilia Centre and met Dr. Tahira Zafar, its Director. I was very impressed by her work and invited her to the workshop we organized in Siena last March.

On Monday June 20 we have an appointment with Dr. Huma Qureshi, Executive Director of the Pakistan Medical Research Council, and Dr. Rashid Jooma, Director General Health.

Shifa International Hospital is probably the best private hospital in the capital. It has been around for 15 years and was founded by physicians who returned from training in the US.