Every year in Pakistan, thousands of patients, including a vast number of babies and infants, pass away from connected and treatable causes, as a result of poor access to, & quality of, available healthcare services. Not only are these deaths a devastating loss to communities, they are also often completely preventable through simple healthcare measures, such as a 20p sachet of rehydration drink for diarrhoea, or oral antibiotics for pneumonia.
Community Day
This year, we held a Community Day event in Mansehra. The event brought together a diverse group of attendees, including 200 widows and orphans facing various challenges, both economic and social, due to their vulnerable status within the community. The event provided practical assistance in the form of free medical treatment cards covering essential healthcare treatments, ensuring access to support for those who may otherwise have struggled to afford it.
Additionally, the event created a supportive and inclusive environment where attendees could interact with one another, share experiences, and feel a sense of belonging. To ensure a holistic approach to the community event, lunch was also provided as well as engaging activities for the children to get involved in.
Why is the Pakistan Project needed?
Built during the aftermath of the catastrophic Pakistan earthquake of 2005, we have been investing in long term healthcare strengthening and development in KPK, building a state of the art, earthquake-resistant, 50-bed community hospital between Mansehra and Kashmir, where currently no healthcare facility is available. Due to its services and location, the hospital is able to serve the poorest populations of Muzaffarabad, Naran, Kagan, Balakot, Batgram and Mansehra in Pakistan.
"It is unbelievable how God led us to this place, where the lives of poor people and their children are saved. We are so thankful to the Doctors Worldwide for this; for talking to our community, and for giving us healthcare without any charges
Rehana, DWW Hospital Patient
The Pakistan Project in Action
The first phase of the project was completed in 2017, with services set up and ready on the ground floor of the hospital, and 1,000+ patients being seen per month. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, progress on phase 2 was delayed until January 2022. In the last 12 months, we have been working on a range of renovations - overseen by our new Hospital Manager - including completion of the boundary wall, some cosmetic and remedial work within the building and changes to the consultation rooms. We have also hired new staff, including a doctor, nurse, midwife and lady health visitor. In addition, outreach work in surrounding villages has increased, with health community events also running in the hospital grounds.
Our exciting new plan for the rest of 2024 will be to form a new health collaborative to oversee the governance of the hospital and to help improve and expand more services and community outreach work through our facility. This will include a further increase in medical staff, full computerisation, increased solar panels and an improved laboratory testing facility as well as better services, especially in critical areas such as the emergency room and pharmacy.
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