The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases NICVD has released its annual performance report for the year 2025.
The report highlights historic achievements in providing free and advanced cardiac care. During 2025, NICVD Karachi provided completely free treatment to more than 1.6 million patients from across the country. By offering free treatment to such a large number of people, the institution has become the world’s largest center providing free cardiac surgeries and primary angioplasty.
According to the statistics, during 2025, 9,205 primary angioplasties, 6,442 early invasive and elective angioplasties, and more than 18,757 angiographies were performed at NICVD Karachi.
A total of 3,149 pediatric catheterizations and interventions were carried out, along with 285 percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy PTMC procedures at the institution.
During 2025, 41 transcatheter aortic valve implantation TAVI procedures were performed. The cost of this complex TAVI procedure is approximately four million rupees, which was carried out completely free of cost with the support of the Sindh government.
At NICVD Karachi, 1,567 adult open heart surgeries and 1,231 pediatric open heart surgeries were also performed.
In addition, procedures were carried out on 66 stroke patients, saving them from lifelong disability, while 964 temporary pacemakers TPM and 1,167 permanent pacemakers PPM were implanted.
Under diagnostic and outpatient services, 88,484 echocardiography tests were conducted, 445,209 adult and pediatric OPD visits were recorded, and 54,131 patients were admitted. During 2025, a total of 158,266 patients belonging to other provinces were provided free treatment at NICVD Karachi.
These included 35,139 patients from Punjab, 109,340 from Balochistan, 11,599 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,203 from Azad Kashmir, and 985 from Gilgit Baltistan, all of whom received advanced and expensive cardiac treatment free of cost.
Executive Director NICVD Professor Tahir Sagheer said that this extraordinary performance of the institution was made possible due to the continuous and unwavering support of the Sindh government.
He stated that NICVD is providing surgeries, angioplasties, electrophysiology treatment, stroke treatment, and advanced diagnostic facilities completely free of cost to patients from across the country.
Professor Tahir Sagheer further said that in view of the increasing number of patients, a new OPD block has recently been inaugurated, and NICVD remains committed to ensuring that no patient is deprived of quality cardiac care due to financial constraints.
