List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan

Medicine is the only specialized field which deals with every process of life. It is not only the science which consists of compounding pills and plasters but the art that touches lives and delays the patient’s death improving the quality of life. List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan

Every human life is worth the same and worth saving regardless of race, caste, creed, religion, financial strength and social standards. Poverty has become a big threat to human security everywhere. Poverty stricken men, women, and children who are hungry and longing for sufficient food and have no adequate shelters to sleep fearlessly at night would never dare to go to a doctor or pay a visit to a hospital when sick.

People living in extreme poverty have developed the mentality to compromise with their healthcare needs because the expenses are out of their reach and receiving proper medical treatment is no less than a distant dream.

NGOs and medical trusts have come forward to help this poor population to provide them at least the basic healthcare facilities which is their right. NGOs and medical trusts have aimed to organize several free medical camps across the country throughout the year to reach out to those patients who cannot access medical treatments, medicines or diagnostic facilities due to high expenses.

Medical camps usually offer free Blood Pressure Check Up, Blood Sugar Checkup, and BMI Checkup to its visitors. Some medical camps held indoors may offer free laboratory tests and radiology investigations like X-ray, CT, ultrasound etc. Specialized doctors, nurses, volunteers and security staffs join the medical camps to provide the best healthcare services in a secure environment. NGOs and medical trusts sponsor further treatments for the deserving patients in associated hospitals.

These organizations bear all medical expenses, including the cost of medicines, hospital bills, surgeries etc. on behalf of the needy patients so that they can return back home in good health. Thousands of patients have benefitted from the medical camps as they were relieved from the sickness and pain.

Medical camps operate on the basis of human values. Medical professionals, volunteers, nurses and other staffs running the medical camps put their core energy, time, effort and commitments to provide services to the poor patients uplifting their spirits, hopes, and longing for survival on the earth.

List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan

1- Transparent Hands

2- Shifa Foundation

3- Edhi Foundation

4- Al-Mustafa Welfare Society

5- Insaniyat Foundation Pakistan

6- Pakistan Red Crescent

7- HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION

8- Aaghaz Foundation

9- HOPE

10- Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan

1- Transparent Hands

Quick and Easy Way to Save Peoples’ Lives

Transparent Hands is in first position in our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan Transparent Hands funds surgeries of poor patients using a global Crowdfunding platform. The platform provides visibility of poor patients and builds a personal and trusted bond between patients and donors while ensuring complete transparency.

Where Is the Problem?

More than 70 million people in Pakistan are living below the poverty line due to which they are unable to undergo proper health treatment if they experience any disease. Estimated amount of surgery backlog in Pakistan is in millions every year.

• There are not many health insurance plans for underprivileged community. They have to pay out of pocket if they need any medical treatment but due to the limited or no resources, majority is unable to undergo surgical treatment.
• Beyond the cost of the surgical procedure, they might have to pay for pre and post-operative expenses which includes medical tests, medications, hospital stay and other expenses. It is almost impossible for someone who earns less than $2 a day to pay hefty amount for medical relief.
• There is lack of advanced medical facilities and medical professionals due to which lower middle class families are unable to avail treatment facilities.
• There are a limited number of beds in hospitals but the number of patients visiting these hospitals is a lot more.
• Every second patient including a child is put on a long waiting list and during the waiting period, the patient’s health further deteriorates. In most of the cases, patients expire until their turn comes.
• There is no advanced healthcare services in slums due to which majority of people have to rely on quacks in their areas.
• Private hospitals are out of reach for deprived community due to the high costs of consultation fees and surgical procedure.

Our Role

• Committed to Provide Free Surgeries to Those Who Cannot Afford

Transparent Hands is a non-profit organization which is tackling this major healthcare issue of Pakistan with the help of fundraising through its unique Crowdfunding platform. It is registered under Trust Act 1882 as a Trust Organization with a Tax Exemption status under the article 2(36) in Pakistan. Transparent Hands is  registered in USA EIN assigned: 47-3564801 as Transparent Hands Foundation US, Inc. with tax exemption status 501(c)3.

Transparent Hands conducts the surgeries of deserving patients free of cost at private hospitals with the help of donations and charity. Donors from all over the world can use our online Crowdfunding web portal if they wish to donate. They could select any patient, fund the surgery and receive regular feedback and updates until the patient is recovered completely.

 

Our user friendly online fundraising work as follows:

• Choose the patient whose surgery you want to fund.
• Choose from a number of payment methods as per your convenience.
• Donate to that particular patient and get tax exemption.
• Get regular updates of that patient until he/she gets fully recovered.

What makes us unique is; our transparency level that means donors will be ensured that each penny they are giving will be spent on the needy patient. We do this by uploading all the hospital bills and other documents of our patient after his/her surgery is successfully conducted. Donor can see that the exact amount hospital has charged against the surgery of that particular patient.

2 – Shifa Foundation

Shifa Foundation has been uplifting underprivileged communities through various initiatives since 1991. It’s among the few non-profit organizations that are making an impact in multiple sectors, including health, education, access to water, hygiene, nutrition, and alleviation of poverty. Additionally, they support the needy across the country by providing shelter, clothes, food, and sanitation systems. To empower those who belong to underprivileged communities and cannot meet their basic needs due to financial hardships, the organization has launched several initiatives such as livelihood and skill development programs. They give special attention to widows and orphans. The organization understands the need to nurture leadership in Pakistan through trainings and educational programs. Shifa Foundation makes a lasting and sustainable difference with this approach.

3 – Edhi Foundation

About

Edhi Foundation is in third position in our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. Edhi Foundation is the single best foundation across Pakistan and one of the best social welfare service providers across the world running on non-commercial, non-political, and non-communal basis, serving round-the-clock without any discrimination of color, class, and creed is enjoying exclusive credentials in the shape of awards and shields conferred upon Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi and Mrs. Bilquis Edhi by governmental and non-governmental organizations on national and international level for rendering their exemplary services to humanity in multidimensional fields. Edhi Foundation – A Non Profit welfare Organization.

The diversified fields in which Abdul Sattar Edhi played his greatest role for; saving the lives of thousands of newborn babies by placing the cradles outside the Edhi centres, fostering the abandoned babies and children, free nurturing disabled and handicapped people, free caring and feeding women and elderly people who were subjected to torture or neglected by their families, free supporting to ailing patients by providing free medication and medicines through his mobile dispensaries, hospitals, and the diabetic centre at Karachi.

In addition to above, he offered his services in many other areas—like providing land, air, and marine ambulance services during accidents to shift patients to hospitals, national and international relief and aid assistance to the affectees of natural debacles, providing relief aid to refugees in various countries, providing emergency services to the sufferers of drought, fire, and flood, saving the lives of drowned people added with recovering dead bodies from the seas and floods, free rehabilitating the drug addicts, free tracing the missing people, free arranging marriages for the helpless girls and boys, providing free food, clothing, and blankets to needy people.

Besides above, he also served the humanity by offering his services by, providing free technical education to needy people to make them self sufficient through the technical knowledge and skills, providing religious education to the children to make them the best human beings, providing consultancy on family planning and maternity services, providing free blood and plasma to the disadvantaged people, providing free shelter, food, and caring to mentally retarded people, caring by giving shelter and food to orphan and helpless children.

Services to humanity rendered by Abdul Sattar Edhi and his spouse Mrs. Bilquis Edhi never end here, he played his role in some more areas—such as; provided free legal aid to bail out or the prisoners from the prisons, financial and medical support to the prisoners, provided crutches and supporters to the handicapped people, and gave exclusive free bathing and shrouding services to unclaimed dead bodies, so on and so forth. All these services are so much outstanding and exceptional that Edhi Foundation’s role can truly be attributed to an unprecedented example of services to the nation and country of Pakistan as well as humanity, across the globe.

Edhi Foundation – A Non Profit welfare Organization

Services

• Ambulance Service
• Hospitals
• Child Adoption Center & Childcare Services
• Edhi Homes & Orphanage Centres
• Educational Service

Ambulance Service

Edhi Land Ambulance Service was initially started by including a second hand Hillman Pickup Truck and that was refurbished into the first ambulance, thereby coining “Poor Patient Ambulance”. Now sixty years after, the Edhi ambulance has reached to the stage of largest fleet of ambulances in the world, thereby providing with a tantalizing number of ambulances—such as 1800 vehicles, all over their country – Pakistan.

Child Adoption Center & Childcare Services

The history of establishing the Edhi child adoption centre and childcare services dates back to 1949. Mrs. Bilquis Edhi is supervising and looking after the caring and feeding of babies and children. For this purpose, exclusive cradles have been placed outside all Edhi Centres, across the country with a view to keep the abandoned and illegitimate babies in these cradles.

Mostly these abandoned newborn babies are provided to the childless couples, who in accordance with their own policies, after ensuring that they are fully deserved and exactly suitable for this noble cause. Bilquis Edhi, after completely going through the background of the couples, and undertaking a rigorous screening process she decides that the couple or the family is precisely suitable for the baby adoption.

On annual basis, Edhi Foundation is giving over 250 babies or children for adoption.  Till to date, over 23,320 babies and children have been provided to the childless couples and families.

4- Al-Mustafa Welfare Society

About

Al-Mustafa Welfare Society is in fourth position in our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan.  Al-Mustafa Welfare Society is one of the most reputable non-profit welfare organizations in Pakistan working for the social development and providing relief to low income group since 1983. It is run by a team of highly motivated intellectuals and social workers comprising of Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Business Executives and Representatives of various fields of life. Al-Mustafa’s branches are working all over the country from Kashmir to Karachi. They are providing Health, Education, Public Awareness and Emergency Relief Services. Al-Mustafa is serving thousands of poor and needy people on daily basis through its Medical Centers, Clinics, Schools, Mosques, Madarsahs, Orphanage, Vocational Training Centers and Skill Development Centers all over the country.

Apart from Al-Mustafa’s routine services to mankind, Al-Mustafa is always among the main contributors whenever people are in need in case of any disaster like Earthquake 2005, Flood 2010, 2011 and 2012. With the support of their workers, volunteers and donors, Al-Mustafa Trust has always been there to rescue people from disaster, provided them tents, food, crockery, temporary schools, medical camps, medicines and anything else that could be needed. They have also provided shelter homes to the victims of various disasters.

Free Medical Camps

Al-Mustafa Welfare Society regularly organizes Free Medical Camps all over Pakistan in areas where people can’t even afford their routine check-up. Free Medicines are also provided to the patients in Free Medical Camps. There are different types of Free Medical Camps as follows.

General Free Medical Camp

In General Free Medical Camp, General Physician does check-up of patients and they are provided with the prescribed medicines. Some investigations as also done such as sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and BMI etc.

Emergency Medical Camp

Emergency Medical Camps are organized whenever any disaster occurs anywhere like Earthquake 2005, Flood 2010, 2011 ,2012.

Free Eye Surgeries Camp

In Free Eye Camps, Eye Specialist does check-up of patients and they are provided prescribed medicines. In these camps, many Cataract cases are found and Cataract Surgeries are performed free of cost of all the cases found in the camp.

Free Cleft Lip Palate Camp

In Cleft Lip & Palate Camp, Plastic Surgeons does check-up of the patients who have problem of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate and their surgeries are performed free of cost.

5- Insaniyat Foundation Pakistan

About

Insaniyat Foundation Pakistan is in fifth position in our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan.  IFP is a Non-Governmental-Organization established to bring about change in our society.The foundation is aimed to motivate youth, help poor people, provide quality health, Blood Bank, awareness programs & free medical camps.

Vision

A Non-political & Non-profit organization established to bring about change in our society. IFP is on the way forward in achieving the best results during disasters and peace time projects to include Health, Blood Bank, Awareness Programs, Free Medical Camps, Education & Capacity Building – this is the core agenda of Insaniyat Foundation Pakistan – IFP

The idea was conceived in 2014 and the launching ceremony of the foundation took place on 27th November 2015 at Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur, which was attended by almost all the members of organization, media institutes and people from all walks of life.

Mission:

Serve Humanity for Good Cause

To improve the quality of living standard of the deprived, vulnerable and marginalized communities, women & children in particular areas by education, healthcare, environment, gender equality, community physical infrastructure, skill development, capacity building, public health & awareness Seminars on sustainable basis

Objective

• Providing quality Health
• Organizing Free Medical Camps.
• Providing Medicines to needy People.
• Blood Bank Service.
• Free checkup at Affiliated Hospitals.
• To prevent drug addiction in target area
• Free Blood (Different) tests at Camps.
• Taking efforts for development of our Villages and Cities.
• Organizing Medical Seminars for awareness.
• To promote quality education both academic & technical in under privileged communities

6-  Pakistan Red Crescent Society

About

The Pakistan Red Crescent Society is in sixth position in our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. The Pakistan Red Crescent Society was established on 20th December 1947 By Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah by an order called “Pakistan Red Cross Order” under the Act. of 1920. The Society is an officially recognized by the Government of Pakistan, as a voluntary relief organization and an auxiliary to the public authorities, more particularly to the Medical Services of the Armed Forces in accordance with provisions of the Geneva Conventions. The Society draws its strength from the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement and its International affiliation with the Parent Body, namely “International Federation of Red Cross /Red Crescent Societies” (IFRC) and “International Committee of Red Cross” (ICRC)Geneva.

Its exclusive humanitarian mission is to assist the most vulnerable people and protect the dignity of the suffering humanity during war, conflict, natural and man made disasters. In peacetime it also carries-out Disaster Management (Preparedness, Response/ Relief & Risk Reduction), Health Care, Youth Activities, Emergency Volunteers Corps, Trainings at national and international levels. Moreover, the Movement spreads awareness about International Humanitarian law, Humanitarian Diplomacy and endeavours to promote humanitarian values for Global Peace. It has total 190 countries as members of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement in the world. The Red Cross has a permanent status in the United Nations as an observer.

Vision

Savings lives, uniting people and changing minds for healthy, safe and resilient communities.

Mission

Leading humanitarian Organization of Pakistan, committed to prevent and alleviate human suffering by mobilizing the power of humanity.

Mobile Health Units (MHUs)

The Pakistan Red Crescent Sindh Branch, seeks to provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to the population in rural & inaccessible areas, especially the vulnerable sections. Given the status of public health infrastructure in our State, it is not possible to provide the desired services till the infrastructure is sufficiently upgraded. Factors negatively influencing in delivery of health services through existing public health institutions are as follows:

• Distance of remote villages from public health institution
• Geographical barriers to reach out to such pockets
• Lack of inadequacy in public transportation network
• Lack of health awareness &health consciousness among people, hinders in accessing health services on their own.
• No exclusive medical team to reach out to these disadvantaged sections.
• Mobile Health Unit (MHU) in our health delivery system is designed as an alternative model of rural health care delivery for a specified area with earmarked team of health professionals with supporting equipments & drugs. It is envisaged to provide preventive, promotive & curative health services in the inaccessible areas which are un-served /underserved under usual circumstances.

Provision of a mobile health unit with ambulance has been planned for flood affected areas. PRCS, Sindh Branch is providing basic health care services through field and mobile health structure to the remote and hard to reach areas of Sindh Province.

7- Healthcare and Social Welfare Association

About

Healthcare and Social Welfare Association is in seventh position of our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. HASWA is a not-for-profit organization working for the thousands of impoverished children in Pakistan who suffer physically from a congenital deformity or injury and do not have access to basic medical care let alone the re-constructive plastic surgery they need to lead normal productive lives.

Working in partnership with volunteers and overseas organizations, HASWA began in 2001 by providing free reconstructive surgery to people, specially children. Born with congenital deformities such as cleft lips or palates, they are often denied normal education because of their appearance and speech impediments.

Mission

To provide emotional and financial support to people suffering from congenital defects and physical handicaps specially those who are unable to finance their treatment.

To provide FREE medicines and Medical and Surgical treatment to the extremely poor who cannot afford treatment.

Vision

Giving them the courage to be independent and look the world in the face with a smile.

Medical Equipment and Medicines Distribution

Millions of Rupees worth of Medicines, Medical and Surgical supplies and equipment have been donated FREE of charge over the years.

HASWA gets regular donations in kind from donors all over the world. They have affiliation with International NGOs and Foundations. They have Friends of HASWA in USA, UK and all over Europe.

HASWA has actively been holding Medical Camps in the last 10 years. Millions of Rupees worth of medicines have been distributed FREE of CHARGE.

They also support two Foundations who run hospices for the elderly and terminally sick, specifically Cancer Patients.

8- Aaghaz Foundation

About

Aaghaz Foundation is in eighth position of our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. Aaghaz Foundation (AF) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, devoting its efforts for empowering underprivileged sections of society particularly women and labourers, strengthening local government institutions, promoting quality education and health awareness.

Aaghaz Foundation is working since 2006 in order to streamline the local government system, to ensure reforms for gender-sensitive governance structure and participatory community development through its contribution in various researches, advocacy campaigns, community mobilization, and training programs.

Activities in Area of health

• Regularly organize medical camps with support of Doctors Association and different pharmaceutical companies in Shalimar and wagha Town.
• Organize awareness session on HIV/AIDS & T.B.
• Arranging activities on child sexual Abuses in vulnerable segment of society

Medical camps

Aaghaz Foundation aimed to increase public awareness and support in the society for hygiene care. It did this with IEC material, mobilizing the community and implementing programmes and activities to strengthen each link of the chain. To reduce the risk of disease and increase awareness of the importance of good hygiene, Aaghaz foundation is helping NFBE centers in safe hygiene practices through HEC (health education comity). The students/teachers, lady health workers learned how they safe their selves from diseases, how hand-washing, safe food preparation, and proper waste disposal all help prevent disease.

9- Hope

About

Hope is in ninth position of our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. HOPE (Health Oriented Preventive Education) is a NGO (non-governmental organization) based in Karachi, Pakistan, comprising of professionals (Doctors, Social workers, Educationists) as well as grass-root workers. The motto is SELF-SUFFICIENCY and SUSTAINABILITY.

The ultimate aim of HOPE is Community Development through self-sufficiency of the community. The members of HOPE are working along with community volunteers who are organized in Community Based Organizations (CBO’S). All activities in the community are planned in co-ordination with the CBO’S and implemented in the community through the CBO’S. Hence, the community becomes SELF- SUFFICIENT and the community development work is SUSTAINABLE.

HOPE is presently addressing the following issues in the community.

• Community development and organization into CBO’S.
• Community motivation.
• Provision of primary health care services.
• Awareness raising in community through literacy programs.
• Income-generation activities.
• Environmental sanitation.
• Promotion of hygienic health practices.

Health Services

• Maternal Child Center
• Basic Health Unit in HUB
• Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

Maternal Child Center

Maternal mortality is significantly high in Pakistan. This is chiefly due to pregnancy related complications such as threatened abortion, ante-partum hemorrhage, pre eclampsia, etc. Mothers generally do not go for ante – natal care and most deliveries are conducted at home.

Maternal and Child health Centers have been established in Manzoor Colony, Mujahid Colony and Bilal Colony where ante – natal care is provided to mothers. High-risk pregnancies are identified. Anemia is treated, nutrition advice is given and fetal monitoring is carried out. For this purpose a liaison has been established with the TBA’s in the area. Simple deliveries are conducted in the MCH Centre. In case of complications, the MCH Staff immediately takes the patient to a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Basic Health Unit in HUB

HOPE, in collaboration with Asia Petroleum, started a Basic Health Unit in the HUB area in August 2010. The Health Center is located in a poor area. Majority of people live without electricity, poor hygiene and sanitation facilities and limited clean water. Diseases are common in this area and health facilities are situated far away. HOPE aims to provide much needed basic health care to thousands of residents annually through this BHU.

Mobile Health Unit (MHU)

To cater the much needed health care facilities in the underprivileged areas of Karachi, HOPE organizes a weekly mobile medical camp that covers as many as 26 Goths on a rotational basis. HOPE has been able to carry out this project with the help of generous support from ASIA Petroleum. The area that HOPE’s medical team covers is quite vast ~ from Pipri in the south east of Karachi to the North West touching the borders of Baluchistan at Hub. On each visit  as many as 60 individual patients  consisting of men, women and children are examined

10- Alkhidmat Foundation

About

Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan is in tenth position of our List of Top 10 NGOs Organizing Medical Camps in Pakistan. Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan is one of the leading, non-profit and independent organization, fully dedicated to humanitarian services.

Alkhidmat workers and volunteers continue to work tirelessly for relief of affected people across Pakistan and worldwide. Their dedicated services include Disaster Management, Health Services, Education, Orphan Care, Clean Water, Mawakhat (interest free loan) and other community services.

Vision

“Service to humanity with integrity”

Mission

Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan being non-political, non governmental and non-profit organization is committed to serving humanity especially vulnerable and orphans without any kind of discrimination to contribute in their  well-being of health, education, financial  sustainability, livelihood, shelter,  availability of clean water, mosques, savage of disaster and other aspects of  life and for welfare of its  employees by means of resource mobilization and  developing partnership with NGOs, other concerned public & private organizations,  supporting, engaging in and during useful programs and doing all such acts,  deeds and things required to achieves above with integrity.

Health Services

Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan has always been striving to serve the poorest segment of the society. Keeping in the view the situation of poor infrastructure of health sector in Pakistan, they have started a number of projects to improve the situation by provision of facilities for the general public, regardless of their socio-economic status. Alkhidmat Foundation has devised a health services program for establishing and administering Mother and Child Healthcare Centers, Hospitals, Mobile Medical  Camps, Ambulance Service, Diagnostic and Collection Centers and Blood Banks across Pakistan.

Ambulance Service

Due to the increasing numbers of road accidents, terrorist attacks, poor health conditions of masses, terrorism and natural disasters, people are extremely vulnerable to causalities. In such uncertain circumstances, they need a quick access to any sort of medical facility which can decrease the chance of any major loss. In such situation the role of ambulance service has gained major importance. The objective of Alkhidmat Foundation for its ambulance service is to mitigate the severity of accidents or disasters where many people die as a result of unavailability of quick access to hospitals or ambulances arriving too late on the scene. A large number of our ambulances across Pakistan provide appropriate pre-hospital care to the patients and or victims of any emergency situation. They are kitted out with necessary equipment like splints, oxygen, drugs, support of paramedical staff and others.

Medical Camps

Besides its several health and medical facilities, Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan also arranges mobile medical camps as its out-reach program to provide medical and health facility to those who can’t afford medical services. These camps provide specialized medical staff for the patients at their nearby place. These medical camps provide initial diagnostic facility through qualified medical staff to the patients. Patients are examined and prescribed for initial treatment according to their symptoms and sometimes they are referred to a suitable medical facility.

Free helpline 1023

The free helpline 1023 enables the citizens to reach Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan’s Ambulance Service from across the country. The countrywide network maintains a track record of 10-minute response time and documentation system.

Conclusion

Doctors at present day are actually better technically at what they’re doing in their specialty compared to the doctors in the same field 40 or 50 years ago. Over this long period of time, medical science has made major advances but the human relationship between a doctor and patient is lost. It used to be a compassionate relationship when the doctor  looked people in the eye and say, “I care about you. We can do this together.”

When an individual becomes a doctor after 6 years of training he or she will never be the same person again because they are committed to do everything in their power to save lives, preserve health and alleviate the suffering of the patients.

In the recent years, however, we have seen that the health care system and services provided by the physicians have deteriorated rapidly. The nation was shocked and taken aback with incidents of terrible callousness leading to deaths of many hospitalized patients often due to wrong diagnosis, wrong medication or careless activities during the surgeries which have raised several questions about the moral and ethical practices of the doctors.

Then we have also seen incidents where some hospitals shamelessly showed reluctance to provide surgical emergency treatments to poor patients because they didn’t have the money to pay for the expensive facilities.

Doctors are at fault for not maintaining high ethical values in their professions but it is the hospital which should be blamed in the first place for turning our healthcare system into a business and its facilities into mere commodities.

A surgeon’s fee is only 10% of the total cost of the surgery but the rest 90% cost is payable for disposables like sterile sheets and gauzes, surgical instruments including implants and staplers, anesthetic drugs, postoperative ICU care including ventilators, IV fluids, use of cardiac monitors, water, electricity and AC charges, salary of OT technicians, nurses, ward boy, resident doctors, hospital staff, security, hospital bed, medicines etc. If a patient fails to pay for the hospital dues the authorities often cut the surgeon’s fees first to make up for their loss!

Hospitals operating across the countries need a little reformation in the way they are run and administered. The hospital’s administrators and CEOs must not lust for  making big bucks. They should hold the high mentality of servitude because the medical profession is the only field in the world which intervenes in a person’s life and death. So medical is the most serious and sensitive field which should be handled only by people who have specialized knowledge about it. Every hospital should think about maintaining a separate fund to provide health care services, medications, and surgical treatments to the poor and needy patients without charging them any fees.

The hospitals should stop pressurizing doctors to over treat the patients, prescribe too many medicines often which are not needed like vitamin supplements to make profit from the hospital pharmacies, or force patients to go for surgeries instead of normal deliveries to earn more money, delaying discharge of patients so that more bills  are padded and other commercial methods or incentives they imply to make profits. Doctors should understand their responsibility and practice high accountability.

Meanwhile, nongovernmental organizations should keep up their humanitarian work and organize free medical camps on a regular basis for the poor patients to treat their diseases and heal their souls. Free medical camps are bringing positive change to the communities. Access to healthcare is a basic human right. The medical camps are filling the void in the country’s healthcare system ensuring equal healthcare and treatment for all.