Nuclear medicine in Pakistan
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Nuclear Medicine is one of the flourishing field in Pakistan. The history of pursuing nuclear medicine
goes back to 1956, when the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
(PAEC) was established under the executive order of the Prime Minister of Pakistan
, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
. The PAEC, the scientific body who is responsible for establishing the nuclear power plants in the country, has sat up a Nuclear Medicines laboratory. The PAEC also sat up the nuclear medicines lab and facilities throughout the country to fight against Cancer. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission had provided the facilities of diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases to the patients from all over the country employing Nuclear Techniques at its Medical Centres. PAEC also sponsored the research program in the field of radiochemistry and biochemistry. PAEC also sat up the research institutes all over the country, some of them are below:
Nuclear medicine
In nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs...
goes back to 1956, when the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
(PAEC) was established under the executive order of the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a Pakistani-Bengali politician and statesman who served as 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 till 1957, and a close associate of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime minister of Pakistan...
. The PAEC, the scientific body who is responsible for establishing the nuclear power plants in the country, has sat up a Nuclear Medicines laboratory. The PAEC also sat up the nuclear medicines lab and facilities throughout the country to fight against Cancer. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission had provided the facilities of diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases to the patients from all over the country employing Nuclear Techniques at its Medical Centres. PAEC also sponsored the research program in the field of radiochemistry and biochemistry. PAEC also sat up the research institutes all over the country, some of them are below:
- Atomic Energy Medical Centre (AEMC)
- Multan Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (MINAR)
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology (INMOL)
- Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicines (PINUM)
- Institute of Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM)
- Centre for Nuclear Medicines (CENUM)
- Nuclear Institute of Medicine & Radiotherapy (NIMRA)
- Centre for Nuclear Medicine & Radiotherapy (CENAR)
- Bahawalpur Institute for Nuclear Oncology (BINO)
- Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (LINAR)
- Nuclear Medicine Oncology & Radiotherapy Institute (NORI)
- Institute Of Nuclear Medicine Oncology & Radiotherapy (INOR)
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and RadiotherapyInstitute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and RadiotherapyThe Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy , located in Abbottabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is affiliated with Ayub Medical College and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. It provides diagnostic and treatment facilities to patients suffering from a wide range of pathologies...