LAHORE - Over a hundred distinguished guests gathered to witness the unveiling of the Indus Hospital & Health Network’s (IHHN) Ramazan Campaign 2022 in Lahore. The attendees included donors, corporate leaders, media and government officials; senior management, academics, and staff of the Indus Hospital & Health Network– QF, NST & SMP Campus. The Ramazan Campaign 2022 aims at generating resources to continue running the most innovative healthcare network of Pakistan. The event took place at the newly-built campus in Lahore.
Syed Mashhood Rizvi, Executive Director, Communication and Resource Development, IHHN, welcomed the esteemed guests. Rizvi presented an overview of Pakistan’s public healthcare situation and the supply and demand gap in the health sector. He elaborated on how IHHN’s existence was the need of the hour and how Indus has created a nationwide healthcare system based on self-help, sincerity, and love for humanity. He also provided an overview of IHHN management and governance. He briefed the audience about the six international partners and how Indus is helping create a pool of highly skilled healthcare professionals through the Indus University of Health Science.
He also provided an overview of average healthcare charges in the country for different healthcare services, which are way beyond the earning capacity of the majority of the population. In this dire situation, Indus came as not only an alternate but as the only ray of hope. Since its inception, there has been an increase of patient volume by 40%, with 450,000 patients benefitting from the services across the Network, monthly.
Mashhood Rizvi informed the audience that it is amongst IHHN’s most ambitious philanthropic campaigns to raise PKR 14.1 million to treat the underserved and marginalized population of the country. “IHHN solely relies on Zakat and donations,” he explained.
, “and for us, Ramazan is a time of great significance in terms of the collection of Zakat. We are running a campaign to reach out to many current and prospective donors, locally and internationally, so that they can consider IHHN as the main contenders for their Zakat. We are focusing the Ramazan campaign on generating donations for running the network of hospitals, Regional Blood Centers, Physical Rehabilitation Centers, and primary care clinics across Pakistan.”
He added that in the holy month of Ramazan, the Muslim Ummah looks for avenues to fulfill their religious obligation (Farz) of Zakat responsibly to reap the rewards in this world and the Hereafter. The fulfillment of this Farz by our supporters enables IHHN to fulfill its duty of providing free of charge-quality healthcare to millions of people and share the burden of healthcare provision by becoming the source of hope to the most underserved communities across Pakistan.
Mian Muhammad Ahsan, Director, IHHN, presented about the Jubilee Town Campus in Lahore. Ahsan told the audience that The Indus Hospital – QF, NST & SMP Campus is being completed in three phases. First phase was launched on June 30, 2021, with OPD and 34 functional beds, whereas later, the bed numbers were increased to 100 as part of commissioning the first phase completely. In December 2023, the hospital will be fully functional with 600 beds. It is estimated that once completely functional, the hospital would be able to serve 1 million patients, annually. He also lauded the efforts and dedication of Dr. Abdul Bari Khan in the establishment success of IHHN.
The hospital houses all important faculties and specialties including but not limited to: surgical, pediatric, gynecology, obstetrics, oncology, orthopedic, nephrology, radiology, laboratory, blood center, and eastern medicine.