Mobile Health Unit clinics are accessible. With the right vehicle design and paramedic team behind the wheel, it is compact and can get to any place anytime. A Mobile Health Unit can cut down the time when it comes to treating an emergency patient or even covering the medical needs of people in a large area. This is a big relief for patients, who do not have transportation or access to medical facilities within their vicinity.
Asia Petroleum Limited along with
the collaboration with HOPE – A Health NGO in Pakistan are providing
Mobile health Units to the rural areas of Karachi where no one reaches. This
facility provides primary healthcare facility to patients in those areas and
the surrounding villages.
Each Mobile health unit consists
of a qualified doctor, a dispenser and a driver. The unit offers free
consultation, treatment and medicines. Majority of the patients are women and
children.
HOPE operates two Mobile Health
Units which serves 32 villages on the outskirts of Karachi. Doctors from Karachi staff these Mobile
Health Units on a rotational basis. The
doctors set up “clinics” in the houses of community volunteers and treat the
underserved population, mainly women and children. Medicines and treatments are provided free of
charge to over 80,000 patients annually.
With the rise in Corona cases and
other variants the MHU team is also examining for Covid related symptoms in
patients, by checking their temperature, oxygen levels, blood levels etc.
Furthermore, the team also provides face masks and gives a training of the
precautionary measures on how to avoid getting infected by the virus.
HOPE - An NGO in Pakistan
strives to improve the devastating healthcare crisis all over Pakistan. Through
the setting up of these MHUs, it helps move towards that goal, 32 villages at a
time. Under the active leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla – A ChildSpecialist in Karachi. HOPE constantly works to improve the health and
educational gap of the deprived communities in Pakistan.
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