Presiding over the 5th KIHD governing body meeting held at the institute, Kamal said that the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has completed 80 percent of work on the cardiac hospitals and they would operational within two months time. "Many cardiac patients lose their lives on the way to hospitals located far away from their homes. The new cardiac hospitals will provide out patient department and in-patient department facilities to the residents of Shah Faisal Town and Landhi Town so that cardiac patients can get emergency facilities close to their homes," said Kamal.

Kamal constituted the executive committee, planning and development committee, monitoring and implementing committee and academic committee, to look after hospitals and oversee that they function smoothly. KIHD Executive Director Prof Abdus Samad presented a detailed report on KIHD activities while the audit report was also submitted for approval, which was approved by the governing body.

The future of KIHD employees was also discussed as all of them were hired on contractual basis. In this regard, member Dr Waqar Kazmi suggested that a committee should be formed to evaluate employees for fresh contracts as well as renewal of contracts. A committee comprising of CDGK Health Group Offices Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr A D Sanjnani, KIHD Executive Director Prof Abdus Samad, KIHD general body member Abdul Haseeb Khan, KIHD Prof Ishaque, Dr Ashraf Siddiqui, KIHD member Dr Nasir Javed and Dr Haroon Imtiaz, was constituted in this regard.

Kamal also approved a budget of Rs 179.30 million for the year 2009 to 2010 for the KIHD. The meeting also approved a nursing institute at the KIHD for which PC-I has already been prepared, however, encroachers have illegally occupied the land allocated for the institute due to which the project could not take off. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Karachi Muhammad Javed Hanif Khan has been assigned to clear the encroached land.

The governing body decided that KIHD would be declared a teaching institute and would be affiliated to KMDC. It was also decided that remuneration given to the professors and associate professors would be Rs 100,000 and Rs 75,000 respectively, on the lines of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Kamal issued directives for termination of KIHD employees who have failed to serve satisfactorily and are absent without prior permission from the institution.

Talking to Daily Times, Dr Sanjnani said, "Initially the two cardiac hospitals would have a ten bed emergency unit each while there would be a 25-bed facility in-patient departments in each hospital. Gradually, this would be improved upto 50-bed facility at each hospital." Daily Times