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The first two months of our new clinic in Gulbella, Pakistan

March 9, 2011 in Asia, Disaster Relief, Helping Children, Initiatives, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Whole Health by Jonathan White | Comments closed

by Dr. Zahoor Uddin and Dr. Rubina Mumtaz

Real Medicine Foundation in collaboration with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) established a primary health clinic in Gulbella, Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, aiming to provide free health services at the unit for the Pakistan flood affectees.

This clinic was established in a record short period of time – 7 days – and was formally inaugurated by Dr. Rubina Mumtaz, Country Director, RMF Pakistan, on December 19, 2010. People of the area consider the establishment of the BHU a noble act on the part of the RMF/APPNA since health has always been one of the basic and the most important issues of the region. The facility treats an average of around 50 patients a day.

From December 15th, 2010 through January 30th, 2011, 1,897 patients were diagnosed and treated at the RMF- APPNA Basic Health Unit, Gulbella, 38% of these patients were males and 62% females. 7% of the all patients were children. 19 women came for antenatal visits, 86 women visited the clinic for OB/GYN problems, and 15 women came to receive advice on family planning.

The response of the community has been very positive. They appreciate the presence of a doctor and Lady Health Visitor (LHV) who handles female related diseases (maternal cases). There were few medical facilities available in the region only far from their homes

Being poor, people were unable to hire vehicles to get to the health centers. They perceive the establishment of the Basic Health Unit at their door steps as nothing less than a blessing. And the people are therefore very thankful to RMF and APPNA for the establishment of the facility.

For more information on this initiative visit our website here

More blogs on RMF’s  flood relief efforts and medical outreach camps in Pakistan can be found here: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th,  5th and 6th,  7th and 8th, 9th and 10th, 11 and 12th

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RMF and Young Sindhi Adults host NYC fundraiser for Pakistan on Saturday, December 18th

December 15, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Helping Children, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | Comments closed

“The world’s attention has long since moved on from the Pakistani flood story, but there are still more than 1 million people who remain displaced in Sindh alone, said U.N. humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos on Dec. 3 after touring the flood zone.”
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2036064,00.html#ixzz187WcsmAZ

Please join us for as Young Sindhi Adults and Real Medicine Foundation hosts a happy hour mixer fundraiser awareness to bring awareness in building healthcare infrastructure in the flood ravaged region of Sindh with a live music performance by singer-songer Nita Chawla. Listen to firsthand stories by founder Dr. Martina Fuchs and Sweta Chawla on their personal stories in providing healthcare infrastructure. And, a special video tribute message by Sindhi elders and the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on his appeal to the community to help rebuild the Indus Valley Region post-floods.

Where:

Flor De Sol

361 Greenwich St # A
New York, NY 10013-2879
(212) 334-8087

When: Saturday December 18th

Time: 5:30pm  to 7:30pm

Agenda: Presentations

Dr. Martina Fuchs, CEO of Real Medicine Foundation and Dr. Sweta Chawla on building healthcare infrastructurein Sindh, Pakistan with Dr. Geet Chainani, LifebridgeUSA

Video Message of Late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at Asia Society on Flood Relief Appeal at Asia Society in August Presented by Documentarian James Dean Conklin

Special Music Tribute Performance by Singer-Songwriter Nita Chawla and Friends To The People of Sindh and Ancestors

Suggested Donation: $10

If one cannot make it and would like to donate for health clinics in Sindh, please donate to www.realmedicinefoundation.org and make donation attention to Sindh relief.

Any information needed, please contact Hemant Wadhwani at wadhwani@translationcity.com –  201-522-6609.

More blogs on RMF’s previous Flood Relief camps can be found here: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th,  5th and 6th,  7th and 8th, 9th and 10th, 11 and 12th

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RMF-Google holds 9th and 10th Flood Relief/Free Medical Camps in Charsadda, Pakistan

November 19, 2010 in Asia, Disaster Relief, Helping Children, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | 2 comments

Real Medicine Foundation in partnership with Google held another two day free Medical Camp for the Flood Victims of Pakistan on this past weekend of November 13 and 14, 2010 in Union Council Sardaryab, District Charsadda, KPK, Pakistan. The Medical Camp was inaugurated by Dr. Asghar (formerly senior team member of Save the Children) at UC Sardaryab, Charsadda.  The patients were mostly women and children. A 10-member team of volunteers helped to facilitate the medical camp. This camp, as our previous free medical camps, was divided into various sections, such as registration counter, different specialist OPDs, pharmacy and patient waiting halls.

1,497 patients were treated on Saturday, November 13

  • 2,109 patients were treated on Sunday, November 14
  • A total of 3,606 patients were treated in 2 days.

Of these 3,606 patients

71% were female

  • 29% were male
  • 19% were children below the age of 12

The team consisted of 29 medical doctors (14 on Saturday & 15 on Sunday) representing a wide range of specialties; the final figures of specialized care made possible are as follows:

  • 880 patients – OPD/General Medical; of these patients
    • 230 patients presented with Malnutrition
    • 167 presented with Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
    • 45 patients – General Surgery
    • 676 patients – Dermatology
    • 132 patients – Ophthalmology
    • 187 patients – ENT
    • 685 patients – Pediatrics (Children below the age of 12)
    • 623 patients – Obstetrics/Gynecology
    • 67 patients – Orthopedics
    • 86 patients – Dentistry/Oral Hygiene
    • 101 patients – miscellaneous, such as general body aches (not specifically to categorize according to WHO criteria)
    • 124 patients were referred to tertiary hospitals for follow up and advanced care.

The RMF medical team will be able to follow these patients at the hospitals where they work.

For this camp, too, the response from the community was excellent. Local notables, Government officials, politicians and religious leaders also visited the camp and appreciated the great effort of RMF and Google.

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Pakistan flood damage estimated at $9.7 Billion (cnn.com)

October 18, 2010 in Disaster Relief, General, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | Comments closed

As the scale of the flooding in Pakistan is still sinking in, our Flood Relief Efforts continue with Free Medical Camps held in different villages and towns every weekend. We have so far treated over 20,000 patients at our camps and will continue this outreach as long as we are able.

For more about the overview of the current situation on the ground from CNN click here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.flood.cost/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_world

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Over 4,000 patients treated this weekend at Pakistan RMF-Google Medical Camps

October 13, 2010 in Pakistan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

By Dr. Zahoor Uddin

The RMF/Google Free Medical Camp Projects are continuing with our fourth weekend passing successfully. After having camps in Union Council Aman Garh and Union Council Nisatta, RMF/Google returned to the Nowshehra district, to the village  of Pirpiai with our team of doctors, nurses, paramedics, and general volunteers as well as with medicines/medical supplies.

Our 7th and 8th RMF Flood Relief Medical Camps for the Flood Victims of Pakistan  were held on the weekend of October 9th and 10th, 2010 at the Government High School, Union Council in Pirpiai.

Dr. Rubina Mumtaz, RMF”s Country Director for Pakistan, formally inaugurated the 2-day Free Medical Camp along with the participating medical team. All the team members thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to serve provided to them by Google’s generosity. Dr. Rubina also visited various sections of the camp such as the registration counter, the different specialist OPDs, the pharmacy and the patients waiting in the halls. She met with all 23 doctors in their OPD sections one by one and discussed the morbidity trends in our camps.

2,509 patients were treated on Saturday, October 9, 2010

  • 1,703 patients were treated on Sunday, October 10, 2010
  • A total of 4,212 patients were treated in this 2-day Free Medical Camp

Of these 4,212 patients

76% were female

  • 24% were male
  • 21% were children below the age of 12

On day one, 23 medical doctors and on day two, 17 doctors from various specialties participated in our camps, the final figures of specialized care made possible through Google’s support are as follows:

  • 1,314 patients – General medical OPD cases, such as acute (bloody) diarrhea, cholera, malaria, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, headaches, general weakness. Of these patients,

278  presented with urinary tract infections

149  with malnutrition

189  with general body aches (not specifically to categorize according to WHO criteria)

97 patients – General surgery

  • 701 patients – Dermatology
  • 170 patients – Ophthalmology
  • 218 patients – ENT
  • 657 patients – Pediatrics (children below the age of 12)
  • 597 patients – Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • 113 patients – Orthopedics
  • 134 patients – Dentistry and oral hygiene
  • 211 patients presented with severe dehydration as result of i.e. diarrhea, suspected measles, suspected meningitis, tetanus, high fevers. These patients as well as all patients presenting with acute abdomen, burns, acute appendicitis, severe injuries and major infected wounds were referred to tertiary hospitals for follow up and advanced care.

The RMF medical team will be able to follow these patients at the hospitals where they work.

As always, the response from the community was excellent. Patients arrived from more than 5 surrounding villages as the camp is centrally located at the Government High School.

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RMF holds more Flood Victim Medical Relief Camps in Nisatta, Pakistan

October 6, 2010 in General, Pakistan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

RMF in partnership/collaboration with Google held another two day free Medical Camp (the 5th and 6th of our Flood Relief Camps) for the flood victims of Pakistan this past weekend, October 2 and 3, 2010.

These camps were held at the Government Higher Secondary School in Nisatta, Union Council Nisatta, Charsadda District, KPK, Pakistan.
We have now treated over 12,000 patients at our relief camps in addition to thousands at our permanent clinic in Talhatta.

A total of 3,743 patients were treated over the course of the two day event.

  • 2,105 patients were treated on Saturday, October 2, 2010
  • 1,638 patients were treated on Sunday, October 3, 2010

Of these 3,743 patients

  • 63% were female
  • 37% were male
  • 23% were children below the age of 12

17 medical doctors, representing various specialties, participated on the first day, and 15 doctors on the second day of this camp.

  • 879 patients – General medical cases, such as acute diarrhea, cholera, malaria, respiratory tract infections;
    • 56 patients of these patients presented with urinary tract infections
    • 110 patients with malnutrition
    • 172 patients presented with severe dehydration as result of diarrhea, suspected measles, suspected meningitis
  • 67 patients – General Surgery
  • 605 patients – Dermatology
  • 119 patients – Ophthalmology
  • 149 patients – ENT
  • 863 patients – Pediatrics (children below the age of 12)
  • 671 patients – Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • 68 patients – Orthopedics
  • 98 patients – Dentistry
  • 224 patients – miscellaneous, such as general body aches (not specifically categorized according to WHO criteria)

All patients diagnosed with acute abdomen, burns, acute appendicitis, severe injuries and major infected wounds 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 where they work.

The response from the community was excellent.

Local notables, Government officials, politicians and religious leaders from Nisatta all visited the camp and appreciated the great effort.

Patients arrived from more than 7 surrounding villages as the camp was strategically and centrally located.

Further camps are planned for this coming weekend. 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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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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Slideshow: Pakistan Floods, six weeks on (Guardian.co.uk)

September 15, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Pakistan, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Click here for slideshow:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/sep/14/pakistan-floods#/?picture=366687765&index=0

Six weeks later: Pakistan: Further Towns In Pakistan Threatened By Flood Waters

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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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