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KIRAN hospital, PEBS sign MoU enhancing collaboration in free surgical management of oral, breast cancer

KARACHI - A significant step forward in strengthening cancer care services in Pakistan was taken as a delegation of Maxillofacial and Breast Surgeons from PEBS Hospital, led by President Pakistan Eye Bank Society (PEBS), Qazi Sajid Ali, visited the Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (KIRAN), a constituent institution of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), for the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing an existing collaboration in the free surgi-cal management of Oral Cancer and Breast Cancer - the most common cancers affecting Pakistani men and women respectively.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Asghar H. Asghar, Director KIRAN, and Dr. Jehanzeb Mughal, Head of the Cancer Surgery Unit at PEBS Hospital, said a statement on Wednesday. The ceremony was presided over virtually from Islamabad by Dr. Shakeel Abbas Rufi, Member (Science), PAEC, and Dr. Shazia Fatima, Director General Nuclear Medicine & Oncology, PAEC, underscoring PAEC’s commitment to expanding access to high-quality cancer care across the country. The process was facilitated by Shehzad Hasan, Member (Finance), PAEC, and Mohsin Fayyaz, Member (Power), PAEC.