Our work

What we do - Overview

As a registered charity our mission statement states we help all those in need in terms of health care and education in rural areas. Our  humanitarian feelings have made is involved in other distaers such as the Pakistan / Kashmir earthquake of 2006.

 

The hospital offers a range of curative and preventative programmes and community out-reach services, focusing particularly on the needs of mothers and children. 

 


Curative Health Care Services
 
The hospital also offers the following basic curative services:
Inpatient and outpatient services for general surgery, gynecology, obstetrics and healthcare for children.
Radiology, pathology, anesthesia and blood transfusions
24-hour accident and emergency
Ambulances for needy patients for a minimum charge.
 

Preventive Health Care Services

 

Provide health care/health education to local communities by organising medical camps and Sehat Melas, particularly in rural areas.

 

Train Traditional Birth Attendants (midwives) in safe delivery practices 

 

Establish school health services in selected private/government schools in the urban and rural areas of Toba Tek Singh district. The service will offer health education for common health problems, first aid training and regular medical check ups for school children 

 

Provide antenatal services to pregnant women. Breastfeeding will also be promoted as it protects babies from diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections. Currently only 16% of babies are exclusively breastfed.

 

Vaccinations to mothers and children to be ensured against life-threatening diseases such as neonatal tetanus.
 

 

Aid distribution during the earthquake in Pakistan. The world responded to the natural disaster in Kashmir. Pakistan Foundation was at the forefront of aid distribution with extensive financial donations from the business community of Scotland and beyond. It also sent a team of medic to help with the injuries sustained during the earthquake and its numerous aftershocks.

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