Saturday, 23 August 2014

HOPE’s Mobile Health Unit. Weekly Visits Covering 26 Goths/ Villages On Rotation

Very much In keeping with its traditions and goals, HOPE an NGO in Pakistan organizes a weekly mobile medical camp  that covers as many as 26 Goths on a rotational basis.This endeavour of HOPE is assisted by the kind and generous collaboration of ASIA Petroleum. The area that HOPE’s  medical team covers is quite vast ~ from Pipri  in the south east of Karachi to the north west touching the borders of Balochistan at Hub. Besides being a forerunner in the field of education, HOPE, an educational NGO inPakistan has also maintained its position in providing quality medical assistance to the poor and the needy.


On each visit  as many as 60 individual patients  consisting of men, women and children were examined and proper medical attention inclusive of free medicines is provided. The common ailments normally seen and diagnosed are, diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, gastroenteritis, vomiting and malnutrition. As per instructions from Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, medicines were provided to  all  the patients and instructions and awareness was given to all for personal hygiene and general cleanliness to be able to avoid contracting recurring contagious diseases.


It has been a general practice of Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist inKarachi  and chairperson of HOPE to organize such medical camps and provide quick and much-needed medical help to the poor on the spot. Follow ups of serious cases is separately maintained and taken care of.

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