Ongoing Projects
By the grace of Allah the first phase completed with the establishment of a FREE CLINIC at Jhelum (Pakistan) on 10th February 2002. This project is currently being overlooked by a committee of 12 board members on a volunteer basis that include notables of Jhelum City as well. The ground and the first floors of the three-story building was donated by Mr. Abdul Rashid Mirza for this cause which were converted to host a reception area, waiting areas, treatment rooms and a dispensary, all fully equipped with fittings and medical supplies, whilst the first floor was kept for registration of in-patients for up to 10-beds. The staff comprises of two qualified MBBS doctors, two dispensers, a receptionist, a clinic Manager, and a cleaner. The start-up cost was £2000.00 (not including the cost of the donated building), and its monthly running expenses have been approx. £600.00 per month.
The initial start-up cost and running cost for the preceding period years, that came out to be around Rs. 1,000,000, was addressed out of initial donations by family members. So far more than 70,000 patients (with now at average of 1000 patients per month) have received free medical treatment and currently we have in balance Rs. 1,000,000. It is important to note at this stage, that Rehmat Foundations Charity Projects is a strictly non-profit charity organisation. There are no Directors, no profit and no income is received by any of our volunteers. All of the funds donated go directly to running the organisation, paying the medical staff and effectively administering the organisation.
FUTURE PROJECTS REQUIRING FUNDING
In Phase II of our project, we had intended to establish a free in-patient 25-bed hospital at Jhelum but considering the urgent need to look after the earthquake victims at the time and after careful analysis of gaps in the relief efforts, our committee was instructed to postpone work towards the hospital and instead immediately establish “Rehmat Rehabilitation Centre” one each at Rawalpindi / Islamabad area and another at Jhelum. In this regard, we have accumulated an additional amount of about £6000.00 but it is understood that we require a lot more to generate for these projects as these Rehab Centers constitute a Physiotherapy & Fitness Facility, Orthopedic Workshop to cater for amputees, a psychiatric/ narcotics rehabilitation ward and post traumatic stress treatment center.
In this regard we have formed a mobile team of volunteers comprising a Psychiatrist Doctor and two trained physiotherapists and an Administrator whom we intend using for attending to patients in various hospitals and in this regard we have signed an MOU with Rawalpindi General Hospital at Rawalpindi. However we very well understand that it would require more resources to sustain it. We need equipment as well as financial resources to the tune of £60,000 to cover start-up and running up expenses of the two centers for one year. Establishment of these two 'Rehabilitation Centers' at Jhelum and Rawalpindi will require continued support of all those who are already contributing and a significant increase in assistance from new donors. We can forward a list of the requisites if anyone is willing to participate and collaborate in our efforts. In addition we require sponsorship for our training workshops to train volunteers to undertake physiotherapy / psychiatric & post traumatic stress treatment and also help us to achieve our plans to establish state of the art Orthopedic Workshop equipped with the latest technology.
OTHER ACHEIVEMENTS
In the last four years, in addition to above mentioned clinic and disaster recovery facilities, we also undertook the following schemes:
- Established a Free Clinic at Dhowk Jawinda, Distt Attock, in collaboration with TAQ Welfare Foundation (an NGO working for community development of the area like sanitation and water projects) where a certified Hakim provides medical treatment/ health care on weekly basis. Occasionally volunteer doctors also visit the clinic. So far 5000 patients have received free medical treatment at the cost of Rs. 200,000/-.
- Hepatitis Check-up Days are held where hundreds of patients attend for blood samples to be taken to check for any signs of contracting hepatitis (a common fatal illness in the area) and the affected patients were given free treatment.
- Polio Vaccination Days are held where over hundreds of children are vaccinated against polio.
- Free Eye Check-up Days are held in various rural areas around Jhelum where the eyes of hundreds of poor patients are checked for serious problems such as cataracts.
- Free Dental Day - Dentists from the UK volunteered their time to treat the poor for free in Jhelum, in December 2007 having to return in 2009.
- Beginning in March 2004, we also started a Mobile Clinic Service, to visit rural areas on rented transport and volunteer doctors & paramedical staff. We are still looking to purchase an ambulance to replace the one we occasionally rent.
We hope that reading this information has gone some way to convincing you to support us, in continuing to help the less advantaged people of Pakistan in their struggle against their restriction of basic human rights. Please don't put off contacting us till tomorrow. For some people, tomorrow may never come.
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