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UM Trust at frontline for Sindh flood relief

UM Healthcare Trust joins hands with Comprehensive Disaster Response Services (CDRS) and Shine Humanity, to provide immediate healthcare services and medicines to the flood victims of Sindh. In addition to the Trust’s regular clinic operations, our combined teams of doctors, paramedical staff and volunteers had dedicatedly set up four free medical camps till date in Tent house, Sabzi Mandi and Tando Allahyar and treated more than 832 patients.

Medical doctor checking patient (Flood Victims)

The team including two medical doctors, four paramedical staff and volunteers were mobilized on 1^st October 2011, to being relief mission. Our teams together surveyed the damaged areas and neighborhood to assess the damage, nature and quantum of relief needed. Local communities warmly welcomed our team and helped us in data collection by providing us the essential guidance on needs of flood victims and suggested us the ways to efficiently use the limited resources. The free mobile medical camps were immediately established after the surveys.

People in these isolated communities are in dire need of medical service assistance.  Majority of the patients encountered are females and children and the common diseases reported among the flood effects are ENT Infections, Skin Infections, Rheumatologic diseases, ANC, Malaria, Gastroenteritis, RTI, Conjunctivitis and general weakness. After free diagnostics, the patients are provided with Treatment and Free Medicines. The Patients (Flood Victims) along with treatment are also given guidance on prevention from different diseases and infections.

Female doctor treating patient

Child being vaccinated to prevent infectious disease

Links:

• www.umtrust.org

“They couldn’t afford it (to travel to the city). We are right here on their doorstep.”

Mumtaz Ali -Founder UM Healthcare Trust referring to lack of medical facilities in rural Mardan and the advantage of UM Healthcare for the local community.

NPR features UM Healthcare Trust – A Beacon of Hope

UM Healthcare Trust and its impact on the lives of thousands of vulnerable people specifically expecting mothers in under-privileged areas of Pakistan, is showcased in the Morning Edition of National Public Radio (NPR) , USA, on 22nd August 2011.

NPR team spent the whole day at our facility interviewing doctors, staff and local community about the health problem in the areas and services provided by Umrana Mumtaz Healthcare Trust. The NPR team also visited the homes of expecting mother and their families to better comprehend the living conditions, social barriers and cultural taboos , which are major challenges for women of rural areas in getting necessary pre and post natal care. read more

Global Giving is featuring our project on its homepage TODAY

We are very grateful to our supporters in helping us to win the Global Giving (GG) facebook online photo contest in Give Relief category. Our photo won with 480 likes , giving an opportunity to our project to be featured on GG home page and its social media on 20th September 2011. Please don’t forget to check out the project and support our efforts in providing healthcare to poor and needy in rural and disaster-hit communities. Through your support and relentless efforts by our team and volunteers, we are treating more than 50,000 patients annually and playing an active role in making healthcare accessible to victims of disasters. WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE DIFFERENCE !!!

Links:

• www.umtrust.org