October 2014 INSIDE - Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital · students a well rounded public health...

Al-Shifa TrustNews Letter

INSIDEINSIDEINSIDEOctober 2014

Vol. 25, Number 60, October 2014

Breaking News-PMDC awards recognition

PPL and Fauji Fertilizer support to AST

Sukkur outreach program

Al-Shifa Muzaffarabad set up Satellite Clinic in the city

ROP Conference at ASTEH Rawalpindi

New facilities at ASTEH Rawalpindi

Credit Card billing for patients launched

FHF supports glaucoma department

ACCO starts integrated screening

PMDC visits ASTEH

MSPH academic activities

AST doctors excel in exams

Optometry students bag top positions

Participation in Intl conferences

YFA and social activities

Al-Shifa Lionistic activities

Congratulations to Al-Shifa Hujjaj

Aamish undergoes miraculous surgery

Special fund raising campaigns

Appeal

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Al-Shifa Newsletter; Vol. 25, Number 60, October 2014

The FFC delegation headed by Brig®Mr. Munawar Hayat Khan donated Rs. 1.32 million for medical

equipment for Al-Shifa Centre for Community Ophthalmology (ACCO) which is providing school

screening and modern eye care services to the patients at their door steps in remote areas of the country.

Fauji Fertilizers and Pakistan Petroleum donate funds for equipment.

AST President, Lt Gen® Mr. Hamid Javaid informed that the Trust has enhanced its outreach program

by doubling the target of patient screening from existing 70,000 patients to 150,000 patients during the

year. The hallmark of this program is both the eye and ENT screening of young school going children.

FFC donated Rs 1.328 million for the purchase of electro medical equipment.

Pakistan Petroleum Limited also donated Rs 7.5 million for the purchase of two portable

Phacoemulsification machines for our Sukkur and Rawalpindi Hospitals. These portable machines will

bring revolution in the quality of surgery during our outreach programs.

We are grateful to Fauji Fertilizers and PPL for this valuable support.

Fred Hollows Foundation supports capacity building of our Glaucoma Department

Fred Hollows Foundation is a long standing partner of AST since its early days. This year FHF has

agreed to upgrade our glaucoma department through provision of equipment and strengthening of

infrastructure at ASTEH Rawalpindi. More clinics, additional staff, training workshops for regional

ophthalmologists and specialized training abroad of our faculty are other salient features of this project.

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ASTEH Sukkur conducts outreach program in South Punjab

ASTEH Sukkur is now an established institution with great reputation for its surgical outreach

programs all over Sindh, Baluchistan and adjoining South Punjab. This time a very successful Surgical

Eye Camp along with School Screening Program was held at Lodhran in South Punjab. The camp was

sponsored by Ali Tareen Farm. 234 sight restoring operations were performed and 1409 patients were

provided with free eye care treatment. Over 1,000 children were screened in the schools for vision eye

problems.

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ASTEH Muzaffarabad starts a Satellite Clinic in Muzaffarabad City

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Muzaffarabad has opened a new Evening Satellite Clinic in the city at

Muzaffarabad General Hospital located in the heart of city adjacent to CMH Muzaffarabad. This is a

very useful facility for the convenience of those coming from far flung areas as well as for those who

find it difficult to spare time during the day This Clinic runs between 17:00 to 19:00 hours in the

evening.

ROP meeting at ASTEH Rawalpindi

ROP is an emerging cause of infant blindness. This occurs because of extremely immature and low birth

weight infants. Proper identification in the beginning of disease can prevent infant from becoming

blind. In Pakistan, very few centers have the facility to screen ROP. ASTEH has been conducting ROP

Screening in various city hospitals for last two years. This year a special ROP conference was held at

ASTEH Rawalpindi to arrive at a consensus for uniform guidelines at national level for screening

protocol. The senior faculty in ophthalmology, neonatology and pediatrics from the city as well as from

USA participated in the meeting. “ Very useful recommendations for health policy makers have been

made which will prove a landmark in the history of ROP in Pakistan” commented the head of ASTEH

Pediatric Ophthalmology, Dr. Sorath Noorani.


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New Facilities Developed at ASTEH Rawalpindi

Establishment of Diagnostic Center

ASTEH Rawalpindi has wide variety of modern diagnostic tools for diagnosis of eye diseases. A

separate department has been established where all these facilities are now available under one roof.

These include OCT, FFA, Topography, Visual Field Analyzer, Ophthalmic Ultrasound and many other

advanced diagnostic facilities.

Refurbishing and redesigning of Out Patient Department (OPD)

The OPD has been modified and re-built to accommodate for increasing number of patients, to improve

the patient flow and decrease the patient waiting time.

Upgrading of Intensive Care Unit at Rawalpindi

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital is providing the intensive care facilities for past many years. In order to

cater for the advanced and complicated eye operations, major changes have been made to ensure the

state of the art ICU facilities.

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Al-Shifa Center for Community Ophthalmology launchesintegrated Eye and ENT screening

Modern Filtration Plant

Drinking water is the essential need of the living being and Al-Shifa Trust has always ensured to serve

the best. This filtration plant is added for the Doctors ,Students and residential area of the hospital.

· Introduction of another facility for patients payment through credit card

In order to further facilitate the subsidized and private patients, facility of payment through credit card

has also been arranged through MCB Bank Ltd. This will help patients by avoiding cash carry and

making safe transaction.

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital treated over 6,000 patients in 3 eye camps held in Swat. Sponsored by

Pakistan Army these free eye camps were organized under the Community Outreach Program of Al-

Shifa Trust Center for Community Ophthalmology. A total of 2203 Patients were screened by the Staff

and 1716 patients were provided glasses free of cost. Free medicines were provided to 1396 patients

and 807 patients were referred to Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital for free treatment and surgery. School

Screening was held in 9 schools of Swat screening a total of 3667 school children for eye problems.

One unique feature of our school screening program is that now the children are simultaneously being

screened both for vision and hearing impairment.

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Another program under school health program was conducted by ACCO in collaboration with our

Projects and Publications Department. In this program, kids from SLS School were invited to attend an

eye health promotion program, where children were informed about how to keep the eyes healthy. The

kids were also provided with gifts by AST.

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Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Delegation inspects ASTfacilities for training programs

Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology (PIO), the academic wing of AST, is one of the leading institutions

for post-graduate teaching in Pakistan. Doctors as well as Optometrists, Nurses and Ophthalmic

Paramedics are provided with state of the art professional training in the relevant medical fields. The

training is recognized by Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, University of Health Sciences Lahore,

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and Punjab Medical Faculty.

PMDC recently made an important visit to get an update on the training facilities at PIO with special

reference to our newly launched program of Master of Sciences in Public Health (MSPH). Leading

public health figure of the country, Dr. Shaheena Manzoor led the delegation. The PMDC team was

highly impressed by the standard of training and available facilities.

Breaking news - PMDC team has awarded recognition to our recently launched MSPH program

Congratulations to Dr. Zahid Butt, Ms Abida Hayat and all faculty members!

PMDC Delegation with President AST and Dean of PIO

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Department of Public Health arranges academic tours for the students

The Department of Public Health is currently teaching three batches of MSPH students. To give the

students a well rounded public health experience, visits to important public health places conducted this

quarter to ensure a better understanding of our health systems and environment.

The first one was a visit to District Health Office and Maternal and Child Health Care Center (MCHC).

Students were briefed about the functioning of Lady Health Workers (LHWs) and preview of District

health system. MSPH students also visited the MCH center and observed the mechanics of primary

healthcare.

The second visit was to a city water filtration plant. Rawal filtration plant delivers filtered pure water to

Rawalpindi up to Ayub Park. The students were briefed about the process of water purification with

ultimate aim of providing safe drinking water to all.

Al-Shifa doctors make their mark in Fellowship Examination

Al-Shifa doctors keep on making their mark in professional exams. This year Dr. Rubab, Dr. Irfan

Khattak, Dr. Saima Jabeen and Dr. Amna cleared their post graduation examination in ophthalmology

with flying colors. Congratulations.

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AST Optometry students bag top university positions

Keeping its standards, Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology is achieving laurels. Every year, our

optometry students secure top university positions in professional examinations. Our Optometry

students bagged all the top three positions in the University of Health Sciences Lahore (UHS).

Congratulations and well done. Following are the University Position Holders:-rd

Position Holders of PIO in 3 Professional Optometry in UHS

Maimoona Yaqoob 2nd Position

Iram Khan3rd Position

Position Holders of PIO in 2nd Prof Optometry in UHS

Hina Hafeez 1st Position

Shamsa Sarwar 2nd Position

Tehniat Khan3rd Position

Participation in International Conferences

Prof. Dr. Tayyab Afghani participated in 7th Asia-Pacific Society of Plastic and Reconstructive

Surgery as Guest Speaker and delivered a lecture on tumors of the eye. The Conference was

held at New Delhi from 26-28 September 2014

Prof. Dr. Farah Akhtar participated in 2nd Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Congress held at Hong Kong

from 26-28 September 2014.

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Young Friends of Al-Shifa participates in voluntary social work at Al-Shifa

This year a huge number of students from leading institutions under the umbrella of Young Friends of

Al Shifa participated in the social work program. Keeping in mind their motto “Hand in Hand, Youth

Shall Rise” they provided services in different sectors including the outreach program, labs, clinics, and

wards.

Dr. Farah at Hongkong

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“Colorful Eyes” celebrated at ASTEH Rawalpindi

The day “COLOR FULL EYES” was celebrated at children eye department under the supervision of

social worker Marium Sohail and her team of students from different colleges and schools. The idea

was to make the children visiting the hospital smile through different activities. It was an example of the

outstanding talent of our young generation which is the future of our nation. The activity strongly

encourages project based help and meaningful social work through all ages. Goodie packs sponsored

by Khuwahish Foundation (The Helping Hands) were also distributed.

Smiling children, Event Donors and Organizers

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Al-Shifa Lionistic Activities

Lions Clubs of Pakistan and Lions Clubs

International are partner with Al-Shifa Trust since

last 20 years. Lions have supported five different

projects with AST in the field of prevention of

blindness from diabetes and training of Ophthalmic

Midlevel Personnel. AST has in its campus two

Lions Clubs consisting of doctors. These clubs-

Rawalpindi Al-Noor Campus and Rawalpindi

Baseerat Campus Clubs are working since 2005.

Recently a third club has been formed by the

Optometrists of Al-Shifa. This club known as Al-Shifa Noesis Club has been recently established. The

Charter Ceremony of Noesis Club was held at AST Conference Hall on 18th October. Lions 305N2

District Governor, Dr. Ahmed Shafi was the chief guest on this occasion. Other Lions dignitaries which

attended the ceremony were Past District Governor, Lion Dr. Zubair Hassan, Vice District Governor,

Lion Sitara Satwat and Zone Chairperson Lion AR Tahir. The District Governor was very impressed by

the facilities at Al-Shifa and was highly appreciative of the enthusiasm and voluntary work of Al-Shifa

Lions Clubs.

On this occasion, Lions District Governor Dr. Ahmed Shafi also held a meeting with President of AST

and discussed the projects for further collaboration. It was agreed that AST will support Lions School

Screening Program in District 305N2 and Lions will support the upcoming AST project of Children

Eye Hospital.

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Congratulations Al-Shifa Hujjaj!

This year with the blessing of Allah, a large contingent of Al-Shifa staff performed Haj. We

congratulate Dr. Wajid Ali Khan, Dr. Shafiqullah, Dr. Furqan, Dr. Nadeem Ishaq, ED Muzaffarabad,

ED Kohat Eye Technologist, Mr. Khalid Bhatti and our gardener M Aslam for achieving this holy

landmark.

Patient Column

Aamish undergoes miraculous surgery

Four months old Aamish is the only son of Tanveer Akhtar, a laborer, belonging to a poor village of

District Attock. Aamish severely injured his left eye. His father was advised by emergency department

to take his son to Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi. The child was thoroughly examined by

Child Eye specialist Dr. Nusrat Sharif. Belonging to a poor family, Amish's father couldn't afford

surgical cost and all expenses were borne by the Hospital. The very next day he was successfully

operated by Dr. Shama Khan. The news of his successful surgery brought relief to the disturbed parents

who burst into tears and were lost for words. They were deeply thankful to Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital

staff and its generous donors for restoring their son's sight and saving him from a dark future. During the

follow up session after the operation, Aamish's mother was extremely happy and satisfied and said

joyfully, “All praise is to Allah Who sends these angels to restore my child's vision”. For the interest of

readers, kindly keep your small children out of reach of pointed scissors, spring action toys, sharp

pencils and geometry box instruments.

Before Surgery After Surgery

Special Fund raising campaigns

The successful Zakat collection campaign 2014 raised 46.3 million which is an improved performance

as compared to last year. Al-Shifa Trust also made successful Hides collection campaign in the month

of Zil Haj. The amount collected will be spent on free eye treatment of poor patients.

Al-Shifa NEEDS Your Support Al-Shifa is a Not-for Profit and Non-Political organization. It is committed to providing eye care and treatment mainly to the underprivileged and poor. Almost 75% of all patients attending Al-Shifa Eye Hospital are treated free. The is able to meet only 30-40% of its expenses from its own sources Trustwhile the remaining expenses are met through Zakat, Donations and Support from Philanthropist. Your contribution means the gift of sight for someone in need!Kindly note that your Zakat donations go separately to the accounts which are dedicated for treatment of Zakat patients only.Kindly send your donations or Zakat to following Account Numbers:-

In Pakistana) Contribution at office:-

Send cheques in the name of at following address“Al-Shifa Trust”

“Executive DirectorAl-Shifa Trust Eye HospitalJhelum Road, Rawalpindi”.

b) Direct/ Online Deposit in Bank Accounts:-Deposit your cash/cheques in any of the following bank accounts of Al-Shifa Trust on online basis from any branch of respective bank in Pakistan:-

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APPEAL

Sr. # Bank Name Branch/ Address A/c Title A/c No.

1

Askari Commercial Bank Ltd

Al-Shifa Branch, Jhelum Road, Rawalpindi

Al-Shifa Trust

0181-165000058-5

2

MCB Bank Ltd

Morgah Branch, Morgah Turn, Rawalpindi

Al-Shifa Trust

1389-0701000008-7

3

National Bank of Pakistan

Corporate Branch, Bank Road, Saddar, Rawalpindi

Al-Shifa Trust

1858-18-5

4

United Bank Ltd

Cantt Branch, Bank Road, Saddar, Rawalpindi

Al-Shifa Trust

0041-011-0228-4

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Allied Bank Ltd

DHA Phase -1, Rawalpindi.

Al-Shifa Trust

0010-006490890016

6 Habib Bank Ltd Bahria Town Branch, Commercial Sub Center, DHA Bussiness Bay, Block -8, Sector F, Islamabad

Al-Shifa Trust 2301-

79005569-01

7 Bank Al-Falah Ltd The Mall Road Al-Shifa Trust

0007-02906752

a) Mobile Donation:-Account holders of MCB Bank Ltd can donate through mobile banking as well using “Quick Pay” option..

b) Collection from Home/ office:-Donors within Rawalpindi/Islamabad may call Al-Shifa Trust at 051-5487820-5 Ext: 245 or send email at [email protected] with your contact and complete address for collection of your generous donation/zakat from your home/office.

Note: In Pakistan, all donations to Al-Shifa Trust are exempt from Income Tax vide” Clause 61 (X) of Part-I of Second Schedule of Income Tax Ordinance 2001”.


Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, KDA,

Kohat, Pakistan

Tel: 0092 922 515686,

0092 922 515710:

Fax: 0092 922 515668

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital,

Jhelum Road,

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Tel: 0092 51 5487820-25,

Fax: 0092 51 5487827


[email protected]


Ambore Camp, Muzaffarabad

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Tel: 0092 5822432159, 0092 5822432144

Fax: 0092 51 5487827


[email protected]

In UKa) Direct/ Online Deposit in Bank Accounts:-

Deposit your cash / cheques in any of the following bank accounts of Al-Shifa Trust on online basis from any branch of respective bank in UK:-

Sr. # Bank Name Branch/ Address A/c Title A/c No.

1 Habib Bank AG

Zurich 5/7 High Street Southall,

Middlesex UB 1 3HA, UK Al-Shifa

Trust

7-2-7-20311-402-

(Pound Sterling A/c)

2 Habib Bank AG

Zurich

5/7 High Street Southall,

Middlesex UB 1 3HA, UK

Al-Shifa

Trust

7-2-7-20311-333-

(US Dollar A/c)

3 HSBC Bank Auchin Leck House,

Birmingham

Al-Shifa

Trust

40-1108-41311565

Note: In U.K., you can get Tax Exemption if your cheques are made payable to Al-Shifa Trust, Our Charity Number is 1077363

In USA

a) Direct/ Online Deposit in Bank Accounts:-Deposit your cash / cheques in following bank account of Al Shifa Foundation for North America on online basis from any branch of this bank in USA:-

Sr.

#

Bank Name Branch/ Address A/c Title A/c No.

1 National Bank of

Pakistan

100 Wall Street, 21st Floor

New York, NY 10005

Al-Shifa

Trust

52152578

b) Contribution at office:-Send cheques in the name of “Al Shifa Foundation of North America (AFNA)” at following address:Al-Shifa Foundation of North America: 475 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ 08540. Tel: (609)279-1400, email: [email protected] website: www.afnausa.org. .

c) Contribution through PayPal:-For donors outside the country especially UK and USA provision for online donations through PayPal is also available now.

Note: In USA, you can get Tax Exemption if your cheques are made payable to AFNA (Al-Shifa Foundation of North America). AFNA has been granted not-for-profit status under section 501(c) (3) status of the Internal Revenue Service Code Tax ID No: 36-4328912 (For use of US Residents Only)

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Railway Road, Sukkur, Pakistan

Tel: 0092 71 5612766,

0092 71 5615466

Fax: 0092 71 5613453


[email protected]

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