On November 17, 2022, FAiTh – Fight Against Thalassemia – A Patients & Parents Association paid a visit to the Thalassemia Ward at the Civil Hospital Thatta Makli.
Along with the president Ayesha Mehmood, general secretary Muhammad Hammad, and finance secretary Abida Nosheen, team leaders Muhammad Shoaib, and Raza Ahmed Khan were also present. As a sign of love from FAiTh, the team gave out flour sacks, treat bags, and blankets to the participants.
Muhammad Shoaib, and Raza Khan, members of the team lead, interacted with thalassemia patients and parents shared their knowledge and experience with the patients.
We wish to express our gratitude to the entire Thalassemia Ward Civil Hospital Thatta Makli team once more for their invitation, opportunity to speak with patients and parents, arrangements, and support.
Dr. Fazlullah Pechuho, Secretary Health Sindh and Mr. Wolfgang Moellers, Director KfW, inaugurated the Regional Blood Centre (RBC) in Jamshoro on May 13, 2018. The RBC has been developed by the German government grant through KfW-German Development Bank to the “Safe Blood Transfusion Project”. To manage the Jamshoro RBC, the Sindh government has outsourced its management to Indus Health Network under the private-public-partnership.
The RBC Jamshoro is equipped with modern, sophisticated medical equipment and has well trained and qualified staff to ensure the safe transfusion of blood as per the international standards.
The Jamshoro RBC is linked to six HBBs in the region. Linkages with HBBs in Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro, LUMHS City Campus Hyderabad, Civil Hospital Thatta are functional. The other three HBBs will also be connected to the RBC soon.
Regional Blood Centers all over Pakistan provides free of cost blood to thalassemia & other disease patients.
We are really thankful to the team of Hospital Blood Bank Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad for inviting us
At Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad, Team FAiTH Fight Against Thalassemia hosted a Patients & Parents Session and Winter Drive 2022–2023 on November 7, 2022. Mumtaz Jatoi Sahab, the in charge of the Thalassemia Ward, provided the delegation a thorough tour of the hospital’s various departments after the session.
The Civil Hospital, Hyderabad is a 1450-bed tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad, Sindh, commonly known as Liaquat University Hospital. It is one of Pakistan’s largest teaching hospitals and is connected to Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Jamshoro, the country’s first public medical school.
All of the treatment is being offered to everyone for free under one roof. All the necessary facilities are housed under one roof, including an emergency room, a dialysis unit, an intensive care unit, a surgical ICU, a lithotripsy unit, a neurosurgery unit, a children’s emergency room, a neonatal block, a thalassemia ward, a paediatric surgery ward, a neonatal HDU, and a neonatal ICU, among others.
We are sincerely appreciative to the administration for providing us a thorough tour of the hospital and for sharing all of the important information and facts about the services with us.
On November 7, 2022, Team FAiTh Fight Against Thalassemia met Medical Superintendent Dr. Shahid Islam Junejo at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / Jamshoro. Mumtaz Ali Jatoi informed him about FAiTh, its activities, and how we supports the thalassemia patients at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad.
Additionally, he informed him that FAiTh intended to contribute three LED TVs to the thalassemia ward.
Meeting Dr. Shahid Islam Junejo was an honour, and we are very appreciative of his time, well wishes, and prayers.
On November 7, 2022, FAiTh, a group of patients and parents, paid a visit to Liaquat Medical Hospital in Hyderabad.
Along with the president Ayesha Mehmood, general secretary Muhammad Hammad, and finance secretary Abida Nosheen, team leads Muhammad Saad, Muhammad Shoaib, and Raza Ahmed Khan were also present.
We got to know other people with thalassemia, engaged with them, and had a good time. In addition, the team gave them flour sacks, treat bags, and blankets as a sign of love from FAiTh.
We wish to express our gratitude to the entire staff of the Thalassemia Ward of Liaquat Medical Hospital for their invitation, opportunity to speak with patients and parents, accommodations, and assistance.
FAiTh – Fight Against Thalassemia in collaboration with Regional Blood Center Jamshoro & Liaquat Medical Hospital organized patients & parents session in Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad on 7th November 2022
Team Lead Saad Mendha, Muhammad Shoaib & Raza Khan interacted with thalassemia patients & parents shared their experience and knowledge with the thalassemia fellows.
President Ayesha Mehmood, General Secretary Muhammad Hammad & Finance Secretary Abida Nosheen were also present.
We met thalassemia fellows, interacted with them, spent some quality time. Team also distributed blankets & flour bags among them as token of love from FAiTh.
We are once again thankful to entire team of Liaquat Medical Hospital for inviting us, for giving us chance to interact with patients & parents, for the arrangements, and support.
Biscuits sponsored by EBM – English Biscuit Manufacturers (Private) Limited
General Secretary FAiTh visit to Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad
Alhamdulillah with the help of generous donors FAiTh distributed 20 infusions pumps worth rupees 220,000/- among 20 thalassemia patients of Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad.
Team also distributed some gifts some fellows.
All the cases were verified by admin Liaquat Medical Hospital Hyderabad.
We are really thankful to our generous donors for their support.
Date : 12th September 2022
FAiTh Team Lead Rehan Qadeer organized a blood donation camp in collaboration with Karachi Bar Association & Fatimid Foundation Karachi for Thalassemic children whose blood donations are badly affected.
The camp was organized at Karachi Bar Association, City Court Karachi on 30th July 2022 where many lawyers turned up for blood donation to help children who were suffering at the hands of this disease.
Congratulations to Rehan Qadeer for organizing a successful blood donation camp & thanks to the wonderful donors for their gift of life.
Team FAiTh organized a picnic for our thalassemia fellows on 28th July 2022 at a Farm House in Karachi, where we celebrated their birthday and also had BBQ party
Alhamdulillah 30+ fellows and their family members enjoyed the picnic thoroughly.
We at FAiTh believe it’s important for their mental health to take time out for themselves, relax and recharge the batteries.
We hope you all will agree patients deserve to have a little fun too 🙂
