It
was mid 2012 when APPNA doctors from Ohio (USA) contacted Emed doctors &
discussed in detail about a prestigious project. “Pakistani doctors in USA want
to donate to their country & to their parent institutions but problem is to
find trust-worthy people. American government & people have concerns that
things disappear in Pakistan... Can Emed help us??”
APNNA
wanted to donate medical machinery, of great utility, to Punjab Medical College/Allied/DHQ
Hospitals, on regular bases but they wanted a platform which can control things
once the machinery reaches Pakistan, can store it, distribute it properly &
can give feed back on its utility & use.
Emed’s
Executive Council discussed the project. Prof Ahmed Bilal, Prof Hina Ayesha,
Prof Sajid Sheikh, Prof Javed Iqbal, Dr Zahid Masood, Dr Mohammad Aslam &
Dr Humaira Arshad, all wanted to proceed with it, though it was assignment of
great responsibility. After marathon discussions, Emed gave green signal to
APPNA.
Later,
in a meeting between APPNA’s Dr Amjad Sheikh & Dr Muzammal Habib &
Emed’s Executive Council in Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Standard Operative
Procedures (SOP’s) were laid down & approval of Principal Punjab Medical
College, Prof Zahid Yasin Hashmie was taken.
Medical
Machinery left USA on December 17th 2012 & reached Karachi port
on January 25th 2013. It reached its destination (Faisalabad port on
February 7th 2013) where it got off-loaded in Punjab Medical College
stores under the custody of Emed.
The
consignment included the following machinery:
|
Name
|
Quantity
|
|
Ventilators
|
6
|
|
Dental X-Ray Unit
|
1
|
|
Electrical Hospital
Beds
|
12
|
|
Hospital Bed
Mattresses
|
12
|
|
Overhead OR Lights
|
2
|
|
Vital Signs Monitors
|
6
|
|
Ultrasound Machine
|
1
|
|
Ophthalmic Review
Lamp/Slit Lamp
|
1
|
|
Manual Obstetrical
Gurneys
|
3
|
|
Table Top Autoclave
|
1
|
|
Gooseneck Outpatient
Procedure Lights
|
6
|
|
I/V Poles
|
20
|
|
Pellets
|
Multiple
|
Principal
Punjab Medical College, Prof Zahid Yasin Hashmie called a meeting of Medical
Superintendent Allied Hospital, Dr Rashid Maqbool & DHQ Hospital, Dr Arif
Ali, who in the presence of Emed General Secretary, Dr Khurram Sohail Raja,
distributed the machinery according to the needs of their hospitals.
Meanwhile,
APPNA’s representative from USA, Dr Khalid Waseem & local representative,
Dr Ilyas Shakir visited the stores & inspected the place & record of
the medical machinery. They found the proceedings satisfactory.
Now
the equipment is lifted to their respective wards in the hospitals & poor
patients are taking full advantage of this service to the mankind.
Emed
doctors hope that they will be bale to send periodic reports & feedback to
the APPNA (Ohio) Centre & on the basis of those reports, a regular supply
of the machinery will be maintained. May ALLAH help all those working on this
“Small Payback to Pakistan” Ameen.