Editing Karachi (section)

==Healthcare==

{{Main|List of hospitals in Karachi|Environment of Karachi}}
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File:Aga Khan University .jpg|Aga Khan University's hospital
File:Lady Dufferin Hospital- Virabijee Katrak Maternity Wing.jpg|Lady Dufferin Hospital
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Karachi is a centre of research in biomedicine with at least 30 public hospitals, 80 registered private hospitals and 12 recognized medical colleges,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Establishment of a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Pakistan: Initial Experiences, Results, and Reflections |first1=M. Zubair |last1=Tahir |first2=Zain A. |last2=Sobani |first3=S. A. |last3=Quadri |first4=S. Nizam |last4=Ahmed |first5=Mughis |last5=Sheerani |first6=Fowzia |last6=Siddiqui |first7=Warren W. |last7=Boling |first8=Syed Ather |last8=Enam |date=12 February 2012 |journal=Epilepsy Res Treat |volume=2012 |doi=10.1155/2012/547382 |pmid=22957232 |pmc=3420664 |pages=547382 |doi-access=free}}</ref> including the Indus Hospital, [[Lady Dufferin Hospital]], [[Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kihd.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506025000/http://www.kihd.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 May 2011 |title=Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD) |website=kihd.org |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> [[National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Pakistan|National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nicvd.org/ |title=National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases |website=nicvd.org |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531031825/http://nicvd.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Civil Hospital]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chk.gov.pk/ |title=Civil Hospital Karachi |website=chk.gov.pk |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430162451/http://chk.gov.pk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Combined Military Hospital]],{{sfn|Issues in National, Regional, and Environmental Health and Medicine|2013}} [[PNS Rahat]],{{sfn|Endocrine System Diseases: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional|2013}} [[PNS Shifa]],{{sfn|Zohra Zaidi|S.W Lanigan|2010}} [[Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi|Aga Khan University Hospital]], [[Liaquat National Hospital]], [[Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre]],{{sfn|Mohammad Aslam Uqaili|Khanji Harijan|2011}} [[Holy Family Hospital, Karachi|Holy Family Hospital]]{{sfn|Helen Renaux|2011}} and [[Ziauddin Hospital]]. In 1995, Ziauddin Hospital was the site of Pakistan's first bone marrow transplant.{{sfn|Kenneth D. Miller|Miklos Simon|2015}}

Karachi municipal authorities in 2017 launched a new early warning system that alerted city residents to a forecasted heatwave. Previous heatwaves had routinely claimed lives in the city, but implementation of the warning system was credited for no reported heat-related fatalities.<ref name="heatwave"/> During 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines were available in all major hospitals.
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