U.S.-Pakistan Science Cooperation Helps Local Hospital

Rawalpindi, January 5, 2012 – U.S. Ambassador Cameron Munter highlighted U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology cooperation during his visit to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi today.  The Ambassador and his wife Marilyn Wyatt met with faculty and students of the Rawalpindi Medical College at Holy Family Hospital’s telemedicine facility, which, working together with U.S. hospitals, has trained more than 100 doctors nationwide, and treated more than 2,000 patients remotely through the use of cutting-edge technology. 

U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology cooperation focuses on many elements, including innovations in Pakistan’s public health sector.  During a tour of the hospital with Holy Family Hospital’s Telemedicine E-Health Training Center Project Director Dr. Asif Zafar, Ambassador Munter stated, “Holy Family’s partnership with American hospitals is an example of the true spirit of our people, who work together, across oceans, to improve access to healthcare in remote areas of Pakistan and treat the sick.  We commend Dr. Asif Zafar and the Holy Family team for its efforts to strengthen the health sector in Pakistan, and look forward to more shared successes that bring Pakistanis and Americans closer together.”

Since 2003, The United States has provided over $16 million to Pakistan-U.S. Science and Technology cooperation that supports innovative and useful projects that broaden and expand relations between the scientific and technological communities of both countries.