General

You are currently browsing the archive for the General category.

Real Medicine Foundation just held a 2nd free medical camp in Charsadda this past Sunday the 29th of August for flood affected, at  the Union Council  Majukay. A total of 1,894 patients were diagnosed and treated through  this 2nd RMF Free Medical Camp, consisting of 65 % male, 35 % female including 23 % children.
Around 109 serious patients were referred to hospitals at DHQ Charsadda, LRH Peshawar and Khyber Teaching Hospital.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we will be holding many more of these free medical camps for all in need.  Full reports with treatment data of all our Medical Outreach camps will continue to be published on our website soon here.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , ,

Article printed in the Pakistani publication The News by Ameer Bhutto, a Pakistani politician.
THE FLOOD AND THE FUTURE
By Ameer Bhutto
Article printed in
The News
on 26 August 2010
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has described the devastation caused by floods in Pakistan as the greatest disaster in world history.  The impact of lives lost can not be assessed by numbers alone and damage to property is bound to soar into unfathomable figures.  The plight of the displaced flood victims is harrowing.  They are camped out under the blazing sun on elevated roadsides, rooftops or hillocks, surrounded by the raging waters.  Some have been stranded in treetops for many days.  Food and clean water are in short supply and many go for days without eating.  The flood water they are constrained to drink is polluted by, among other things, dead animals because of which cholera, gastroentitus, malaria, diarrhea, hepatitis and skin diseases are  rampant.  With tens of millions suffering under such subhuman conditions, it is clear that intervention on an unprecedented scale is required otherwise people will start dying from starvation and diseases in numbers that do not even bear contemplation.
Rehabilitation of the displaced is a task of mammoth proportions.
Since most schools in many towns are full of flood victims, these schools can not reopen until they return to their homes.  But most of them have nothing left and nowhere to return to, their homes having been swept away and their limited means of livelihood, in most cases this being the standing crops, having been destroyed.  How will they even begin to rebuild their lives?  But their lives have to be rebuilt, because otherwise, in the coming days, we will have an army of millions on our hands who will have no choice but to take to crime in order to feed their families.  Grain must be imported to make up for the destroyed crops and the damaged roads, railway tracks and power generating units and grid stations must  be rebuilt forthwith.  The country will suffer the economic after effects of this calamity for years to come.

Read the rest of this entry »

Sheherbano

Guest blogger today Sherbano Mehdi writes today about the fundraiser we held this past Sunday which raised over $23,000 for victims of the Floods in Pakistan.  Special thanks goes out to Dr. Zeba Vanek and Ali Vanek who were generous enough to hold the event at their home on behalf of RMF.  We have already held our first medical relief outreach camp and will be holding many more with these generous donations.

“The floods in Pakistan have once again brought us together. On our ever-changing planet Earth we are reminded that our ability to work together across borders is the only hope for mankind to survive and flourish.

Read the rest of this entry »

As the monsoon season in Pakistan continues to flood the country, the flooding is now sweeping from the north to the southern zones of the country.

Read the rest of this entry »

The following is a letter written sent to us by our Project Coordinator, Charles Naku, for Uganda. This letter is about John Ochwo, a patient that RMF has been supporting for the past year and who with the generous support and connections of Mending Kids International was able to receive a vital heart surgery for free at a top hospital in India:

Dear Real Medicine,

Read the rest of this entry »

Through the generous support of our recent donors and our amazing RMF Pakistan team and partner organization, Relief Foundation, we are proud to announce that we successfully held our first free Flood Relief Medical and Dental camp this past Sunday 22nd of August in Paindakhel, Charsada District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan.

As soon as the camp was set up patients started arriving in great number and were waiting in long queues to be seen. The doctors examined and treated 1,767 male and female patients, providing them with medicine and other medical supplies. Around 78 serious cases were referred to three other hospitals in the area: DHQ charsada, LRH Peshawar and Khyber Teaching Hospital.

The response of the community after has been very appreciative and positive, and they helped support the staff in any way they could to help make the event successful.  According to many in the community, children and women have been effected the most by this devastating flood, unprecedented in this region, and they appreciated the special areas set up for woman and children in the camp.

Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to our permanent clinic in Balakot that has been treating an influx of new patients due to the floods, we are proud to announce that, together with one of our partners in Pakistan, Relief Foundation (RF), we are holding the first of our RMF-RF Free Medical Camps this coming Sunday, 22nd of August in the Charsadda district.

With some initial funding from a handful of donors here in the US, we were able to immediately start relief efforts through Relief Foundation in Pakistan. Of course, much, much more is needed, but this is a good start and will enable us to gather more information on exactly the type of aid medical needed most right now.

This will hopefully be the first of many outreach relief efforts we are able to fund and initiate, and we are working on being able to start several different types of clinic models throughout the country.

Read the rest of this entry »

Happy 5th Birthday Real Medicine Foundation!

On this day 5 years ago, Real Medicine was founded by Dr. Martina Fuchs in response to her time spent treating the victims of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.  Since then countless lives have been touched and many lessons learned.  Our latest response to the flood victims in Pakistan is a great example of how fast we can react as we already have a great local team in place and have become part of the community. We also want to thank the continued support of all our friends, family and donors, without whom none of this would be possible.

Real Medicine Foundation’s support now reaches over 6 million people in 15 countries across 4 continents, including the US and Haiti.

To contribute to us, please click the Donate button below or through our website at www.realmedicinefoundation.org

Read the rest of this entry »

Join us for a happy hour benefiting the

Real Medicine Foundation

WHEN: Thursday, August 19th, 6:30-10:00 pm

WHERE: GYENARI (www.gyenari.com), 9540 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

RSVP: Evite.com

Read the rest of this entry »

Our biggest thanks usually come from the people we help in the field, but sometimes they also come from our donors, which is always pleasure to see.  The letter we are sharing below was just sent from an Pakistani-American, Dr. Zeba Vanek, to our founder, Dr. Martina Fuchs, thanking her and RMF for all our efforts in Pakistan since 2007 and specifically for our current Flood Relief campaign.  Zeba also used her own network in the US to raise funds for the flood relief campaign and continue to be a great advocate for our cause.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Dear Martina,

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

« Older entries