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By Masood Sattar Khan ( Pakistan News & Features Services) The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, is in process of setting up what is reported to be the first state of the art and world class tomotherapy equipment.  The tomotherapy machine has the unique feature that provides high precision treatment of cancer radiation, especially for breast cancer as well as cancer treatment among kids. It can even hit the tumor even from a 360 degree angle. The JPMC, located in the cantonment area of Karachi, caters to a colossal number of patients on a daily basis and its emergency services are known to be the most efficient in the metropolis.

By Mukhtar Alam  (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), the biggest public sector tertiary health care facility in Sindh, is in dire need of more resources to cope with the bigger challenges. “The government health facilities are pretty good as far as the availability of trained staff is concerned, but they are weak in money. They need a lot of equipment and financial aid,” Dr Seemi Jamali, Executive Director, JPMC, reckoned.  The JPMC authorities kept an eye closely on the issues relating to the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) as it spread into Pakistan from the neighbouring countries.  “We had taken it as a challenge and did a lot to in this regard in the preceding weeks. We kept modifying things on a daily basis after having vacated a whole block for such patients,” Dr Seemi Jamali stated.  Talking about doctors and paramedical staff, she said that the juniors were being motivated on a daily b...