Shokat & Sadia Khan are taking part in the 5 peak challenge in aid of Alma Hospital Trust. They are going to be trekking over 5 peaks and 5000ft in 12 hours to help raise funds for the Alma Hospital Trust. Click Here to support Shokat and Sadia’s wonderful fundraising campaign.
This years annual eye camp has taken place again this spring. Mohammed Younis went to Pakistan to organise the Alma Bi Hospital annual free eye camp and it was a great success again with more patients treated than ever before.
This year over 12,000 people attended the eye camp and 857 people were treated for general eye related problems. The surgeons also operated on 328 patients to carry out cataract operations all of which were were successful.
We would like to thank all those wonderful people who made donations and helped us to provide the precious gift of sight to those in desperate need.
Every day is a new challenge for the staff at the Alma Bi Hospital. Earlier in September, our hospital ambulance was out in the flooded areas and carried out not one, but 5 medical camps treating people with water-borne diseases. In only 5 days, the small medical team comprised of 4 people managed to treat a staggering 3,000 patients, amongst the most common being skin-related conditions affecting children.
As well as providing free medical care right in the midst of the floods, the Alma Hospital team brought biscuits and cooked food to people who were stranded. Many had sought refuge on raised roads and had not eaten for days.
This activity was in no way sponsored, but paid for entirely with the hospital's own funds, which are now running low. So help us help them and Make a Donation Now, knowing that every single penny goes directly to the upkeep of a truly wonderful facility. Your generosity changes people's lives.
Since 2007, The Alma Bi Hospital has made an enormous difference to the lives of thousands of poor people.
During specialist “camps” patients sometimes travel as far as 200 miles to receive treatment they can’t find anywhere else in the country.
Shabaz and his mother made the journey to the Alma Hospital Eye Camp. Shabaz’s mother had been caring for her sixteen year old son, but when she was informed that his diminishing eyesight would result in blindness, she made the trip to Hafizabad.
Shabaz was diagnosed with bilateral congenital cataracts. Congenital cataracts are responsible for nearly 10% of all vision loss in children world wide. If cataracts affect a child’s vision, they can slow down or stop their normal development of sight. They can also profoundly impact learning ability and personality. This ultimately affects a child’s entire life and the lives of their family and community.
Through the generosity of all of the patrons, the Alma Hospital Trust was able to organise for Shabaz to have the operations required to regain his vision.
