Karachi (Muhammad Yasir)
The 21st edition of Health Asia will take place
from October 17 to 19 at the Expo Center in Karachi. Provincial
Minister for Health Dr Azra Pehchoo will be the chief guest at the
event.
The event will also host various seminars on different issues of
healthcare and medical practices such as chronic diseases, safe blood
transfusion, cardiac surgery and perfusion, medical tourism,
pharmaceutical marketing, medical devices, etc. An exclusive hall has
been dedicated to professionals of dental health (Dentech Asia) at the
flagship event, Health Asia.
Project Director Health Asia Farhan Anis said this event is the
national platform for policymakers, health experts, and stakeholders
of healthcare professionals to gather to raise the standards of
healthcare services to patients, address the critical and emerging
issues of healthcare and medical practices, and propose an industry
roadmap for saving people’s lives. Every year, stakeholders from the
healthcare and wellness sector join heads to deliberate on different
industry issues with specialized sessions organized by experts and
practitioners under the banner of Health Asia.
This year, Health Asia will launch the concept of “Inward Medical
Tourism” which will be discussed in Future Hospital Conference. This
concept will bring foreign revenue in Pakistan and ultimately more and
more investment by the private sector towards providing high quality
healthcare facilities in our hospitals.
The event has more than 20 Conferences and Seminars being held
alongside the 3-day Exhibition which has foreign as well local medical
experts as speakers to exchange the latest medical procedures
information.
More than 500 exhibitors, including foreign delegates from different
countries, are participating in Health Asia. Over 50,000 visitors are
expected to visit the three-day event.
