HOPE ESTABLISHES AN MCH CENTER AT MUZAFFARABAD

Basic health care refers to the essential health care made accessible to individuals in a community at a cost which they can afford.

HOPE – A Health NGO in Pakistan has strongly emphasized on the concept of primary health care that focuses more on the importance of community participation by identifying some of the basic health needs required by the people living in the society based on economical factors. It includes the basic facilities required for meeting one’s everyday health care needs like conducting a regular checkup, maternity and child health care, basic OPD facilities. 

The medical infrastructure and the healthcare facilities’ in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are insufficient as compared to the ratio of its population. Hence after the establishment of an MCH in Korangi, Karachi. HOPE – An NGOin Pakistan has set up a new MCH center in Muzaffarabad, through the blessings and funding’s of its donors. 

HOPE MCH at Muzaffarabad is another maternal and child healthcare center where the primary motive is to provide medical services free of cost to the poor and needy. The area of Muzaffarabad is a mountainous area where there are barely any roads or real estates. People barely have access to hospitals and clinics nearby within their reach. Hence this MCH will serve as a blessing to all those areas near this clinic. Hence HOPE is the first to establish an MCH Center, which is highly needed by the people of this area.

This MCH is free of cost like every other MCH of HOPE. It is operated by a qualified Lady Health Visitor (LHV), a dispenser and a maid. Treatment for men, women and children are being provided free of cost. HOPE MCH at Muzaffarabad is a ray of light for such an underdeveloped area.

It has been just 3 weeks since the MCH at Muzaffarabad started and so far it has been doing quite well. Approximately 25-30 OPD and general patients visit this MCH on daily basis, and the number of patients per day is increasing with every passing day. The patients of that area spread their positive experience about our MCH among their relatives and friends circle, which increases awareness through which more patients can benefit.

The organization is spearheaded by the dynamic leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla - A Child Specialist in Karachi who continuously strives to improve the health inequality of the needy communities in Pakistan.