Providing Haemodialysis to Renal Failure Patients
Support pakistani renal failure patients
Summary
Provision of free maintenance haemodialysis thrice a week to ensure survival of 100 poor chronic renal failure patients for whom this procedure is a virtual lifeline and is absolutely out of reach.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The abject poverty in Pakistan prevents the common poor patients from having costly dialysis treatment. It is beyond the means of most of the patients to afford the vital drugs and injections needed to purify their blood thrice a week for life. We have been endlessly trying to mobilise resources for the patients so that no one approaching us is negated the right to live. This project will help 100 poor chronic renal failure patients from all over Pakistan.
Activities
Haemodialysis of chronic renal failure patients thrice a week to rid their body of urea, creatinine and other toxins.
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Haemodialysis of chronic renal failure patients in the Hospital Dialysis Hall thrice a week to rid their body of urea, creatinine and other toxins.
Project Message
It could have been us instead of them. It’s our obligation as responsible humans to help those who can’t help themselves. Health is priceless, yet our contributions can give someone a healthy life!
- Marriana Karim, Honorary Treasurer, Board of Governors
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Marriana Karim
Member & Treasurer Board of Governors
The Kidney Centre Post-Graduate Training Institute
197/9, Rafiqui Shaheed Road,
Karachi, Sindh 75530
Pakistan
92-21-5661030
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Project Sponsor
Organization
The kidney centre PGTI
1207 33rd St., NW
Washington,
DC
2007
United States
(914) 320-7507
http://www.learningenterprises.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Pakistan
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 26, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Update from our project
By Mrs. Abida Ahmed - , August 27, 2008 07:07 PM
Thanks for your generous support. We have treated 30,328 patients free of cost in 2007-2008. We would like to share with you some stories of our patients. Please read our attached report for some facts and figures on how many people we have treated, our zakat campaign and pictures of our patients.
Again thanks!
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Abdul Rasheed's story
Abdul Rasheed was diagnosed with renal failure in 1985 when his only daughter was a month old. He was just 40 years old at that time and worked as a cook. For his dialysis treatment he spent all his savings, however, the treatment was so costly that he had to sell his house and all of his wife’s jewelry in order to fight against the deadly disease. He knew private hospitals were very expensive and he would never be able to afford them. He and his family lost hope of his recovery from the prolonged illness, when fortunately one day in 1989, he was referred by his treating physician to The Kidney Centre. From then onwards the Institute has been sponsoring his entire treatment. He has been receiving dialysis treatment for 19 years.
Now, he works part-time to support his family and gets regular dialysis from the Institute.
Shazia's Story
Shazia’s life has been a journey of struggle and hardship. As a young child growing up in an impoverished family in Nawabshah, she lost her three sisters to an unidentified disease. Shortly after, her grief-stricken father also passed away. In 2002, at the age of 24, while studying as a second-year student, Shazia came to Karachi to attend a family wedding.
There, she suffered a severe fit and was admitted to a nearby hospital where she was diagnosed with renal failure. Shazia’s past medical history showed that she had previously been treated for fever in a hospital in Nawabshah, where she was prescribed the wrong medication. Soon after, however, everything changed for the better when Shazia began receiving treatment at The Kidney Centre.
Today, after being on Dialysis for the past six years. Shazia continues to reveive free treatment at The Kidney Centre – where she is on the road to recovery and on her way to leading a better life.
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