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For good health, food hygiene plays a vital role. Patients’ Aid Foundation has achieved yet another milestone and added a feather in their cap by collaboratively launching the Jinnah Food Complex with Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre. The groundbreaking ceremony took place recently at the site of this project. It was well attended by the Donors, their Families, the Members of the Board of Patients’ Aid Foundation, Dr. Seemin Jamali (Executive Director, JPGMC), Members of Patients’ Aid Foundations’ Fundraising Committee, and Members of Nespak. Patients’ Aid Foundation is striving to achieve higher grounds by launching a series of projects at JPGMC to develop it into the most advanced state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Pakistan. We would like to thank everyone who has come forward to show support and help us turn tears into cheers.

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Over the past few years, many departments at JPMC have been encouraged to improve on many scales. With this motive many facilities have been upgraded on several levels. In a similar bid, the Main Laboratory at JPMC has acquired the ISO certification, and we are proud to be apart of it. Patients’ Aid Foundation (PAF) has been providing full hands-on support to the department so that higher standard tests can be done at the laboratory. A dua ceremony was recently held for the same reason with the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Patients’ Aid Foundation attending the ceremony. Also, Dr. Seemin Jamali honored the ceremony with her presence. This is proof that PAF is reaching new heights everyday into providing state of the art healthcare services for everyone at JPMC Karachi.

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We are thankful to the special correspondent and his team for having come so far to experience and cover how JPMC is being converted into a state-of-the-art facility with modern facilities to deal with all the healthcare needs[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row repeat=”” position=”” attachment=”” padding=”md-padding”][vc_column animation=””][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGcGxJeEpfbUQ3UXclMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBlbmNyeXB0ZWQtbWVkaWElM0IlMjBneXJvc2NvcGUlM0IlMjBwaWN0dXJlLWluLXBpY3R1cmUlMjIlMjBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4lM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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Before stealing our hearts with his performance at our annual #fundraiser, Ali Zafar paid us a visit at PAF, JPMC to see what we were all about. We were thrilled to show him some of PAF’s greatest achievements, such as the new Radiology building, the Neurotrauma unit, and most importantly, the cancer-killing CyberKnife robotic arm!! He was truly impressed with all the work that PAF has been doing at JPMC. After his tour he said a few words about PAF projects, World Cancer Day, and last but not least, pledged Rs 500,000 to PAF!

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he is committed to making the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) a world-class facility by establishing a Rs6 billion institute for cancer, a 12-storey tower at the JPMC having the ability to diagnose and treat for free all types of cancer under one roof.

This he said while presiding over a briefing held in the conference room of radiology department which he visited on Wednesday. He was accompanied by Health Minister Dr Sikandar Mandhro, principal secretary to the CM Sohail Rajput and others. Zahid Bashir, Mushtaq Chapra, Shabir Diwan, Peer Mohammad Diwan of the Patients Aid Foundation (PAF) were also present.

Prof Tariq Mahmood made a presentation on the existing facility created by the PAF and its future needs to make the JPMC a world-class facility as envisaged by the chief minister under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Under the plan, a 12-storey complex for cancer institute is being established at the JPMC having the ability to diagnose and treat free of cost all types of cancer under one roof.

The total cost of this project would be Rs6bn, half of which is being arranged by the PAF for civil works while the remaining Rs3bn was promised by the chief minister. “I am committed with you and with my people to provide them best health facilities, particularly to cure cancer at an early stage,” the CM said.
The chief minister, who was also briefed on the OPD and surgical complex which is also nearing completion, said he had allocated Rs425 million for the purchase of equipment in the current budget. “This would be sufficient to operationalise eight operation theatres of the complex and I would finance you further if more funds are required,” he said.

PAF is also arranging Rs700m to complete and equip the 10 operating theatres on the top floor under a PPP arrangement.

The chief minister lauded efforts of the PAF, especially for the plans of the under-construction surgical and OPD complex, and pledged to provide additional Rs700m for the OPD and surgical complex and Rs3bn for the institute of cancer at the JPMC from 2018 to 2020. The CM also instructed Professor Tariq to enlarge the scope of services of this cancer institute to other parts of the province through satellite units.

Earlier, the chief minister offered dua for marking the opening of the Cyclotron and PET CT facility. Later the CM was shown the new Cyclotron, Cyber-knife Robotic surgery, parts of the radiology department and other areas established on a public-private partnership basis. At the conclusion of the visit, Executive Director of the JPMC Dr Seemin Jamali presented a shield to the CM.

Media talk

Talking to the media at the JPMC, the chief minister said it was the first facility in the country where cancer patients were treated free. In this facility, patients from 12 different countries, including Bahrain, Afghanistan and other countries, came for treatment.

“This is a costly treatment, which costs a patient around Rs5m to Rs10m, which is unaffordable but under the PPP mode we have made it possible here on the JPMC premises,” he said. He added that 44 per cent of the under-treatment patients belonged to Sindh, 34pc to Punjab and the rest to KP and Balochistan. He said the process to recruit more than 6,000 doctors had come to a final stage. Once the recruitment was completed, most of the hospitals facing a shortage of doctors would start functioning to their full strength.

Published in Dawn, June 8th, 2017

Recently, Officials from World Health Organization (WHO) visited our Blood Bank at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, the flagship project of Patients’ Aid Foundation. Professor Smith Sabinga, Consultant for Blood Transfusion was accompanied by Dr. Abdullah from Egypt.

Both the officials showed utmost satisfaction and were happy with the international standards being followed and maintained at the department. We are proudly the 3rd largest blood bank in Pakistan recognized and officially certified internationally.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Patients’ Aid Foundation arranged a get together and a visit for our generous donors to our newly launched free PET-CT facility at Jinnah Hospital Karachi. It was an industry studded event with some of the most prominent and prestigious personalities attending. The main highlights were followed by a Q&A session and High-tea for the attendees. It was a pleasure having all our donors gathered at one place to support our cause into facilitating the poor and the needy. We would like to thank you all for being a part of this cause and coming forward with your full support.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]