Intention is for locals to run National Cardiac Centre: Haleem

Ibrahim Haleem, CEO of Dharumavantha Hospital, has stated that the agreement given to India's Meditrina Hospital to run the Cardiac Centre expires next year, and said that the intention is for locals to run National Cardiac Centre in the future.

India's Meditrina Hospital was contracted the Cardiac Centre for a period of 10 years on November 15, 2015, during former President Abdulla Yameen's tenure. Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH)'s agreement with the hospital includes providing clinical services and managing clinical matters, as well as providing additional experience to local doctors through the centre. From the day the agreement was signed until July last year, USD 28.7 million (MVR 442 million) has been spent on Meditrina Hospital. In addition, doctors from Meditrina Hospital were paid MVR 3,55,647 as salaries during the same period, according to information shared by IGMH.