Strength: 
The surgical ward of the Institute has 44 beds, for male and female patients. There are 4 operation theatres. The Intensive Care unit has 21 beds for adults and children.

Operations Performed:
The operations performed daily are as follows: Coronary Artery Bypass grafting . All types of Valvular Heart Surgery (Open and Closed heart). Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Palliative and Corrective miscellaneous. By the end of the year 2002, 14607 Open Heart Operations have been performed at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases; 488 closed heart procedures were carried out.

Academic Activities:
The Department of Cardiac Surgery, NICVD, was the first in the country to be approved for training of Fellows in Cardiac Surgery from College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and has been working ever since to bring expertise and excellence into this field. 17 Cardiac Surgeons have qualified for FCPS. and are now serving in various hospitals in Pakistan and abroad. Two surgeons have qualified in M.S, Cardiac Surgery from the University of Karachi.

Department of anesthesiology NICVD was established in the year (1963) with the beginning of this hospital. Since then the departmental work and responsibilities have increased tremendously. Now the department is managing anesthesia for all types of cardiac surgeries including CABG, valvular heart surgery, congenital defects and closed heart surgeries. Besides this, the department is also providing emergency anesthesia service to coronary care unit, catheterization laboratory, and emergency department of the hospital. There are four operation theatres for open heart surgery, one operation theatre for closed heart surgery along with twenty one bedded intensive care unit.

Staff: 
Professor, Associate Professor, one Assistant Professor and three Resident Medical Officers are the permanent staff of this department. Besides them, the department has trainee medical officers who are here for a fixed period of two years.

Academic Activities:
The department is recognized for MCPS and FCPS training from College of Physician and Surgeon Pakistan. The department is in collaboration with the department of anesthesia JPMC Karachi for teaching and training of their resident medical officers and post graduate students. Post graduates for fellow ship are trained for intensive care management, invasive and non invasive monitoring, IABP and ventilatory management of patients. The department is planning for regular workshops on ICU management, BLS ACLS and FCLS. In the year 2002 four candidates from the department have passed FCPS-I and two have passed MCPS anesthesiology examination.