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RMF holds hugely successful relief effort in Pakistan this past weekend

September 29, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Donate, General, Helping Children, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Doctors and local officials at Saturday camp

This past Saturday September 25th and Sunday the 26th, Real Medicine Foundation held our third and fourth Free Medical Camps for Flood Victims in Aman Garh (Pabbi Tehsil), Nowshera District, Pakistan.  This most recent outreach effort was very effective, treating over 4,600 patients in two days, and was made possible by a generous charitable grant by Google Inc. and other individual donations.

In total

  • 2,365 patients were treated on Saturday, September 25
  • 2,291 patients were treated on Sunday, September 26
  • A total of 4,656 patients were treated in 2 days

Of these 4,656 patients

70% were female

  • 30% were male
  • 27% were children

Since the team consisted of 40 medical doctors (19 on Saturday & 21 on Sunday) representing a wide range of specialties, the final figures of specialized care made possible are as follows:

  • 638 patients – OPD
  • 120 patients – general surgery
  • 560 patients – dermatology
  • 230 patients – ophthalmology
  • 198 patients – ENT
  • 1,257 patients – pediatrics
  • 893 patients – OB/Gyn
  • 100 patients – orthopedics
  • 130 patients – dentistry
  • 374 patients – miscellaneous, such as general body aches (not specifically to categorize according to WHO criteria)
  • 210 patients presented with illnesses such as severe gastroenteritis with dehydration,  suspected meningitis, acute abdomen , burns, acute appendicitis, severe injuries, major infected wounds and acute jaundice syndrome. They were referred to tertiary hospitals for follow up and advanced care. Our team of doctors will be able to follow these patients at the hospitals they work.

The response from the community was tremendous. Since this camp was registered and approved of by Government officials, politicians and religious leaders were grateful and appreciative.  Patients arrived from more than 12 surrounding villages since the medical camp location we had chosen was strategically and centrally located.

There continues to be an enormous need to hold relief efforts like these all over Pakistan and we will continue to offer these medical camps as long as our funding allows.

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Google announces our grant as part of Clinton Global Initiative

September 22, 2010 in General, In the news, Initiatives, Pakistan, Partners, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Strategies for the Future, Whole Health by Jonathan White | 1 comment

From Google’s official blog yesterday, Google announced at the opening ceremonies of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) that they would be providing $1 million in charitable grants to support the relief efforts in Pakistan.  The announcement mentions Real Medicine along with the 8 other non-profit organizations that Google has chosen to be partners in their first round of support.  We again are very thankful and proud that Google has chosen us to be one of their partners in this ongoing relief effort in Pakistan.

As mentioned in Google’s blog:

“As part of our CGI commitment this year, Google is providing $1 million in charitable grants, as well as technology support to help the people of Pakistan recover from these floods. Roughly one-third of our grants support organizations providing clean water, shelter, medical care and other immediate needs, while two-thirds will be focused on longer-term rebuilding efforts. Partners for the first round of support include: A.S. Edhi International Foundation, Architects for Humanity, CARE, The Citizens Foundation, Naya Jeevan for Kids, Real Medicine Foundation, SIUT North America, Sungi Development Foundation and UM Healthcare Trust.”

“At the opening ceremony of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) this morning, President Clinton discussed the urgent need to help the people of Pakistan recover from widespread floods which have affected more people than the 2004 South Asia tsunami, the 2005 South Asia earthquake, and the Haiti earthquake combined. The floods have put one-fifth of the land underwater, impacting more than 20 million people, damaging or destroying 1.9 million homes, putting 3.5 million children at risk of waterborne diseases, and wiping out livestock and crops.

Unfortunately the global response has been anemic. While U.S. corporations, foundations and individuals responded admirably to the earthquake in Haiti by donating $900 million in the first five weeks after the disaster, that same group donated $25 million to Pakistan in the first five week weeks after the floods hit. In an interview with citizens hosted by YouTube, President Clinton called for a dramatically increased global response.”

For the full text of the Google announcement click here.

For more information about the Clinton Global Initiative, click here.

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Announcement: Google Inc. Gives Grant to Real Medicine Foundation for Pakistan Flood Relief

September 9, 2010 in Disaster Relief, General, In the news, Partners, Providing Medical Support, Thank You by Jonathan White | Comments closed

We are very proud to announce that Real Medicine Foundation has received a grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund for our disaster relief efforts in response to the flooding in Pakistan.

Through the Tides Foundation, Google’s charitable fund manager, we received $25,000 directed towards the immediate funding of our medical camps treating the flood affected across Pakistan. We have so far held two of these medical outreach camps and have already treated thousands of patients. With this new funding we will be able to significantly increase the number of victims treated.

Thank you so much to the teams at Google, Google Pakistan, and the Tides Foundation for helping us help our friends in Pakistan!

Philanthropy @ Google

In 2004, Larry Page and Sergey Brin committed 1% of Google’s equity, 1% of profits, employee time, and in-kind giving of products and services to doing good. More about Google’s Charitable Initiatives: http://www.google.org/googlers.html


About the Tides Foundation: http://www.tidesfoundation.org/

Founded in 1976 by Drummond Pike, Tides Foundation’s mission is to partner with donors to increase and organize resources for positive social change.  Tides believes that healthy societies rely fundamentally on respect for human rights, the vitality of communities, and a celebration of diversity. Tides Foundation offers donor advised funds and other grant making vehicles as well as professional philanthropic advice, institutional regranting services, comprehensive grants management and much more. It also creates opportunities for learning and builds community among donors and grantees committed to fairness, equality and the sustainability of this world.

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