 RASHIDABAD DISPENSARY
With support from INFAQ Foundation we started a dispensary in 1999 and shifted in the basement of Rashidabad railway station in 2004. The dispensary is equipped with four beds and basic medicines and manned by a doctor during the day. The number of patients is an average of thirty per day. The nominal fee of Rs.15 is more for psychological reasons because the general perception is that free medical aid doesn’t work !
MOBILE DISPENSARIES
 The Shehnaz Abdul Ghani Trust donated three fully equipped Mobile Dispensaries for operating in the villages around Rashidabad. These were a success but by August of 2006 had to be grounded one by one due to administrative reasons. It costs around Rs. 100,000 a month to operate mobile dispensaries with driver, doctor and dispenser and cover the costs of medicines, fuel and maintenance of the ambulance. Hopefully these will be activated once hospital is launched in June 07 Insha-Allah.
LRBT EYE CARE CENTER
 In December 2005 RMWO facilitated the setting up of an Eye Care Center in the basement of the railway station. A lady and gent technician trained by LRBT at Karachi man the enter. These technicians have eye-testing equipment and also prescribe medicines for the eyes and refer cases of cataract for surgery to LRBT’s Tando Adam hospital. The day care facility will be upgraded to a full fledged LRBT Hospital once building is completed Insha-Allah
CATARACT EYE OPERATIONS & EYE CARE
 An eye Camp was launched in the existing hospital building after due publicity in hospital building after due publicity in Dec.06. Extra care was exercised to keep the patients and those accompanying them comfortable. Proper beds and meals were provided FREE of charge. RMWO is extremely grateful to Dr. Khalid Bhamba, Dr. Junaid and others from the team for organizing the camp.
In all 111 patients were operated upon. The operations were followed by return visit by the doctors to check the patients again on January 28th 2007
HEPATITIS B&C SCREENING & IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN
 Hepatitis B & C are both silent killers and highly contagious RMWO & MBT conducted blood screening of 657 individuals including all those working in Rashidabad in any capacity as well as all students and teachers of the Y.K. Academy and the TCF School. Those found clean have been immunized.
BILQUIS MUSHAF HEALTH COMPLEX
 Work on the Bilquis Mushaf Health Complex (1st phase Shehnaz Abdul Ghani Emergency Center ) is progressing gradually. Begum in November 2005 the basement and ground floor of the hospital have been completed and work has started on the other two floors with INFAQ Foundation, Mustafa Benevolent Trust, Shehnaz Abdul Ghani Welfare Trust and Mr. & Mrs.Khurram from U.S.A. as the major donors.
Selection for the doctors and technicians is underway while most of the equipment been procured. Hopefully the hospital would be operative by June 2007 with facilities for Pathological tests. Radiology, ultrasound and minor operations. |
