HOPE’s ROLE IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

 

The main focus of HOPE is on provision of health care in remote areas of Pakistan where there are very few health facilities available and are generally inaccessible. As a result, these areas have a high maternal and child mortality rate. HOPE - A health NGO in Pakistan strives to improve these parameters both in rural and urban slums especially for the underprivileged mothers and children by setting up health facilities.

In Karachi, HOPE has established secondary care hospitals that have been set up in Korangi and Gurumandir. While its two other hospitals are located at Thatta and Sujawal. 

Recently HOPE has established 3 new Maternal and Child Health Care Centers. One of which is located at Basti Shakirwali Mozah Jesalwain, Jhang Road, Muzaffargarh, Punjab. While the other 2 are located at Murad Abad, Kashmir and the other is established at Baidrah, Mansehra, KPK. Hence after the establishment and successful running of the Maternal and Child Health Care Centers located in Karachi (Manzoor Colony, Mujahid Colony, Bilal Colony, Qayyumabad and 100 Quarter Korangi). And to cater the existing health issues of the needy. HOPE expanded its MCH operations from Karachi towards Punjab and KPK. Since the medical infrastructure and the healthcare facilities’ in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are insufficient as compared to the ratio of its population.

HOPE – An NGO in Pakistan is operating two Mobile Health Units (MHU), in partnership with Asia Petroleum Limited (APL). These MHU serve 20 plus villages, which are located in the slum areas of Karachi, Pipri up to the villages in Hub Baluchistan, where no one caters towards the medical issues of the population living in these areas. These MHC these facilities include appropriate medical care, consultation and provision of medications free of cost.

These Hospitals and MCH Centers are equipped with a Medicines, Oxygen, Nebulizers, Ultra-sound machine, Delivery room, C-Section machine. The staff in this MCH Center consists of an LHV, Doctor, Dispenser and a cleaner. The kind of medical problems faced here are mostly flu, cold, cough, skin problems, diarrhea, maternity and gynecological related complains. People living in rural areas have no access to primary health care facilities which leads to sever health complications which may even result in death.

This is why Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla – A Child Specialist in Karachi, focuses on launching more Maternal and Child Health Care Centers throughout Pakistan, in order to provide health care facilities and services to the need communities throughout Pakistan, where patients are treated at a minimal or free of cost. On a monthly basis thousands of patents are benefited at these Hospitals and MCH Centers.