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.
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,
I wanted to respond to your email in which YOU have thanked ME! I find that quite incredulous!
I am an American of Pakistani descent. I am 50 years old and moved to the USA at the age of 32. I consider myself one of the most privileged persons in the world. Most of the blessings that have come my way, I feel have I received from Pakistan. These include my mother, my husband, an opportunity to get a good education, great friends and family, all the necessities of living like food on the table, a good roof on my head, access to healthcare, civil liberties and in short everything that a human being needs to thrive and live a life of freedom, dignity and happiness in this world. What I got from Pakistan during the earlier years of my life, equipped me with the abilities to become one of the most privileged and blessed immigrants to the USA!
And so my friend, and I truly consider you to be my friend, besides everything else that I think you are………it is not you or the other people who work with you, to serve humanity with utter selflessness and integrity, who should be thanking me……the people who live in Pakistan today or who live abroad as immigrants in other countries……need to thank YOU, with all our earnestness and sincerity, for what you have done and are doing for our nation. THANK YOU!….. and may God bless you in every possible way for all the good that you do. I pray that we, of Pakistani descent, also show people of other nations, the same courtesies they have shown us.
Good news….. People have sent about $3000/ – more in checks since we last communicated and Sarah…..I’m very hopeful that people will be very generous during this very difficult time for Pakistan.
With best wishes,
Dr. Zeba Fatima Vanek
Neurologist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, UCLA
If you are interested in donating to the Flood Relief Campaign or any of our other efforts, please visit our website or click on the Donate button below.
The reports are getting scarier by the day..the UN is now reporting that as much as one-fifth of Pakistan in under water with new flood warnings being issued today. New York Times article here.
Real Medicine Foundation is responding to the devastating floods across Pakistan by harnessing the energy of local doctors, nurses, and paramedics who want to volunteer their time and services by giving them a platform to conduct free medical relief camps for thousands of flood affected individuals in communities across KPK and Sindh. This cost effective intervention is based on the success of our flood relief camps in 2008 and anchored in our long-term commitment to serve the communities in Pakistan. Since 2005 Real Medicine Foundation and our local partners have been providing primary health care in Balakot and are committed to extending our services where needed.
Every dollar donated to our relief efforts will go directly towards purchasing medicines and supplies for affected regions and towards supporting medical staff on the ground to cater to the urgent needs of flood affected communities.
For more information about our Flood Relief Efforts, please visit our website.
To contribute to our Flood Relief Efforts, please click the Donate button below or through our website at realmedicinefoundation.org.
Due to the continued bad weather in Pakistan and the enormous number of people affected by the widespread flooding, the human scale of the flood devastation is on an almost unimaginable scale. UN is now estimating that the total number of people affected exceeds the Tsunami, Haiti earthquake and 2005 Kashmir earthquake all combined.
Real Medicine is very busy trying to ensure that our established health clinic in this region is able to handle the huge influx of new patients, and also fundraising to be able to provide several health care outreach camps in the areas that aren’t able to access out clinic or other hospitals.
We are entirely locally staffed and partnered with Pakistan relief agencies to deliver the health care needed, so we don’t have the same “foreign aid” conflict that many organizations are struggling with in this region of the world.
According to the Guardian news:
“The devastation continued as the UN said the number of people suffering in the floods in Pakistan exceeded the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. While the death toll in the three earlier tragedies was much higher than the 1,500 people killed so far in the floods, the UN estimates that some 13.8 million people have been affected – at least 2 million more people than in the other disasters put together.”
The news coming out of Pakistan is that the initial flooding estimates over the past few days were far too low, with government relief agencies now saying that at least 12 million people are affected and that it is clearly on track to be “the biggest disaster in the history of Pakistan”.
At least 650,000 houses have been destroyed; roads and electricity infrastructure have been severely decimated. Flood victims are so far receiving very little in emergency aid as their government has focused many of its limited resources in recent months on trying to contain the Taliban and at dealing with an economic crisis. In a region of this country already on the tipping point of becoming more disillusioned, it is more important than ever to offer whatever help we can.
Our Primary Health Care Clinic and staff are located in the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, directly in the area most affected by the flooding, and for the past week our doors have been open to accept the many flood victims from the surrounding area and villages.
The only other health facilities, the Balakot District Hospital and a second, smaller facility have been severely damaged by the flooding, leaving Real Medicine’s clinic as the only fully functioning health facility in Balakot Valley, an area with a population of over 150,000 people. Local government officials have asked RMF to be ready to accommodate the tremendous influx of patients they are expecting. RMF held 4 outreach health camps for flood victims in the same area in 2009 and we are gearing up to provide assistance again.
We greatly appreciate any additional support you may be able provide to ensure that our clinic is able to handle this huge increase in patient demand and that we can hopefully offer the same outreach to communities that are not able to reach our clinic.
For more information about our Flood Relief Efforts, please visit our website.
To contribute to our Flood Relief Efforts, please click the Donate button below or through our website at realmedicinefoundation.org
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