The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical Transplantation Regulatory Authority (KPMTRA) sent a transplant monitoring committee to Northwest General Hospital and Research Center on a visit under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary Health to Government. The committee comprised of Prof. Aamer Azhar, Prof. Khalid Hamid, Prof. Atta Ur Rehman, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Nawaz, Prof. Mustafa Iqbal and Mr. Asif, Deputy Director KPMTRA.

During the visit, the committee was briefed about the current Kidney Transplant Programme at NWGH by Dr. Ahmad Nasir, Senior Registrar, of the Department of Nephrology. Later, the committee visited various departments of NWGH associated with the programme. Thereafter, the NWGH Kidney Transplant Programme was approved for another 3 years.