The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) has acquired Regent Plaza, a four-star hotel in Karachi, to convert it into a healthcare facility. The hotel’s building, located on Shahrah-e-Faisal, spans an area of 13,200 square yards and contains 440 luxurious guest rooms. SIUT, Pakistan’s foremost center for kidney-related diseases, aims to expand its free-of-cost services, including dialysis and transplantation, to more patients.
The new facility will add 1,000 beds to SIUT and offer all medical services. SIUT trustee Syed Shabbar Zaidi emphasized that the hotel’s building was an ideal space and acquiring it would be highly beneficial for patients. The new facility will provide easier access to patients, as it is located on the main thoroughfare connecting the Karachi airport with the city’s main business hub.
The SIUT was founded in 1970 as the urology department of Karachi’s Civil Hospital and became autonomous in 1991. The institute conducts up to 12 transplants weekly and achieved a milestone in 2003 by performing Pakistan’s inaugural liver transplant. The SIUT is led by philanthropist and distinguished surgeon Dr. Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi.
