'Mended Heart Club' In Pakistan Is One Of Most Unique Throughout The World
KARACHI HP! '-More than 401
Pakistanis recently became mem
bers of one of the most
usual heart clubs in the world1
when a six-member team of
American heart specialists fin
ished a mission in Pakistan.
Official membership cards and
pins of the "Mended Heart Club."
were distributed by Dr. Joan Cop-
pin. Hollywood, Calif., to 44 Pa
kistanis who successfully under
went open heart surgery to cor
rect defects that would otherwise
have shortened or restricted their
lives.
Dr. CopRin was t h e cardial-
nfiist on the team from Loma
Linda University and White Me
morial Hospital in Los Angeles,
Calif. The team was led by I)r
Ellsworth K. Wareham 2201 Hill
Drivel Los Anpeles, who is asso
ciale professor of surgery at Loma
Linda University.
Dr. Coggin purchased the pins
which arc red hearts with a gold
scar across them, at her own ex
pense before leaving the United
States on the month-long mission.
First to receive a pin was Af
than Zafar, three-year-old daugh
ter of Z. A. K. Zafar of Karachi,
whose open heart operation at
While Memorial Hospital last Oc
tober spotlighted the need for
lieart surgery in Pakistan.
Out of 45 patients who were
iperated on there was only one
fatality, a low percentage for such
a delicate operation, according to
medical officials here.
"It all happened due to the fine
kill of the team, good luck and
the grace of God." Dr. Habib
Patel, president of the All Paki
stan .Medical Association, said
while introducing team members
at a public meeting at the U.S.
Information Centre here.
Dr. Wareham praised civic or
ganizations and local hospitals
who helped make the mission a
success.
In a farewell address read at
the meeting, parents of the pa
tients said "we (eel that yours
has been the most successful
goodwill mission which ever came
from across the seas."
"While we pray for the recov
ery of all your heart patients, we
also pray for your long and hap
py life to enable you to continue
this noble work for the benefit
of ailing humanity," the message
said.
Other members of the team sistant professor of aneslhesiulogy!resident at White Memorial llos j
were: Dr. F. Lynn Artress 13155 at Loma Linda University; WU-ipital; Lavaun War Sutton U9U0
West Big Tujunga Roadi Tujunga, (red M. Huse '2009 Eden Avenue i 'college View Drive). Monterey!
Calif., anesthesiologist who is as-lGlenda!e. Calif., senior surgical Park. Calif., a nurse specializing
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