NICVD board okays reforms amid funding concerns
CM-chaired meeting reviews funding shortfall, legal ambiguities, expansion and merger plan IV Report KARACHI: The 84th meeting of the Governing Body of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), held on January 21, approved key administrative and structural measures, including the induction of a full-time Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and the initiation of a formal process for the proposed merger of NICVD with the Sindh Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (SICVD). Presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at the CM House, the meeting reviewed legal, financial and institutional issues facing NICVD, which currently operates under the administrative and financial control of the Sindh government following the 18th Constitutional Amendment. SICVD, established under a 2019 Sindh law and fully funded by the provincial government, runs multiple cardiac hospitals and 30 chest pain units across Sindh, providing free cardi...