1977’ers Safe Motherhood Project ***** *****

DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE – ALMA MATER

CONVOCATION – 1977’ers

WHY HAVE A FUND ?DIARY OF A DOWITE IN DISTRESS

DR. NAZIR ABBAS - 1977.Aug 14, 1997, ………. Dr. Shahid Kamal ‘s EM…Dr. Nazir Abbas …was Dx .. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia …… Chemo ….. Rs. 1,25,000/=. .. his work, payed …. Rs. 65,000/= now …. On.. donations . Class of ' 77 … Dr. Nazir Abbas Collection AccountA/C No. CD 806-4 First Women Bank Ltd. Guru-Mandir, Karachi.Aug 17, 1997 ………. Collections checks made…to… Aziza Shad, Washington, DC …. Amin H. Karim,…….. Houston, Texas ……..Munir A. Shikari, …. …..Newburgh, NY. Collections….sent to : - Dr. Shahid Kamal … JPMC…. deposited to Dr. Nazir Abbas's account Aug 19, 1997……. … improving, …. had to undergo …. surgery …adding Rs. 1,60,000/= to his debts. ….. collections … t r i c k l i n g .. in. ….8/19/97 …owe AKUH Rs. 2,00,000/= ….chemo … soon due.Aug 30, 1997………..CYTOSAR (chemo) infusion. He has expressed "thanks" to his friends for all the support he is getting from friends far and near. Dec 28, 1998…… Expired ….May his soul rest in peace, Ameen….!!!

May their souls rest in eternal peace, Ameen.

Late Afsar Aijaz

Late Mushtaq A. Qazi

Late Nazir Abbas

Late Mehr Wahidi

2000 GTG - KARACHI

2001

E-Mails

January 18, 2001…….Assalamalaikum! … .benefit all of us. …establish a FUND….Qarz-eHassana …An Emergency medical fund ... life saving medicine or appliance. A hospital ….urgent …. benefit a lot of patients. …. used for a Dow77…. …teacher. ……"Neeyat" …..do a good deed ……. committee consisting of Shahid, Shaukat, Munir and maybe myself ……...could oversee …… To "put my money where my mouth is I am  personally pledging USD 1000 …….to start the account etc…….. Amin H.Karim

January 18, 2001 ……. ASA, Subhan Allah, Amin, …few of us - SAID … timely response … To support this noble cause .. set in motion by Amin .. I’ll ... join hands …a pledge ..USD 1000. .!!! committee with representatives in London, USA and Karachi …. funds ..at Karachi ….”. Munir A. Shikari 

January 2002

May 2002

Dr. Syed Hamid Zaki

SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROJECT CIVIL HOSPITAL KARACHI

SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROJECTCIVIL HOSPITAL KARACHI

========= The average Pakistani women is most likely

to become a mother in her teens and deliver at home without any professional assistance. According to WHO only 18% of these mothers get some skilled help and only 13% avail hospital facilities. A Woman in Pakistan is almost 40 times more likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth than a woman in the developed world. Additionally another 20% die because of aggravation of existing diseases due to pregnancy. Thus one woman dies for every 250 births in Pakistan, and this could be even more, for a lot of cases go unrecorded.

 Women in Pakistan have near-total control over family care and household management but have a limited control over her reproductive life and she bears the greatest burden of human deprivation

Although women are moving in the forefront of our National Agenda of social, cultural, economical and political development, the efforts had not led to significant improvement in terms of social status, gender equity and her right to a safe and productive pregnancy.

The SAFE MOTHERHOOD Project of Civil Hospital Karachi is an effort by the Medical Community to reduce this burden to some extent by providing Efficient and Appropriate Emergency Obstetric Care at Civil Hospital. The project aims to establish a State-of-Art labour Room and Gynae Obs. Emergency Room (ER) at CHK for the poor and deprived women of our society. Currently 4015 patients are admitted, out of which 64% need Emergency Obstetric Care and most are in critical condition. Just as alarming is the fact that 187 babies are born dead and 180 die in the first month of birth.

It is an established fact that these figures can be reduced and numerous mothers and babies can be saved by just providing monitoring equipment and adequate Obstetric Care at the health facility. The proposed Labour Room would have all the latest maternal and fetal monitors and the Gynae Obs. ER will provide compassionate and easy access to timely appropriate Obstetric Care at CHK. This will save the critical time for the mother, making her chances of survival excellent and her motherhood, safe and productive

The details of the SAFE MOTHERHOOD project is attached for soliciting support in terms of finances in form of cash remittance to Account No. 2090-3, United Bank Ltd. Baba-e-Urdu Road Branch, Karachi.

EXECUTIVE MEMBER

Prof. Naushad Shaikh

CO-ORDINATER

Dr. Mabel Zaki

ADMINISTRATIVE M.O.

Dr. Yasmeen Kharal

MEMBERS:

Dr. Razia Shaikh Dr. Shahid Kamal

Dr. Shaukat Malik Dr. Syed Hamid Zaki

Dr. Qaiser Siraj – UK

Dr. Amin H. Karim - USA

LIST OF EQUIPMENT P R I C E QTY. TOTAL

01. Ultrasound Machine. 7,00,000 1 7,00,000Aloka Model SSD 500 - Convex linear Scanner + Vag. probe. 02. CTG Machine 2,50,000 1 2,50,000Huntleigh BD 4000 with Accessories, UK. 03. CTG Machine 1,00,000 3

3,00,000Schenzen,China 04.NIBP Monitor 90,000 2 1,80,000Model AM 600, Mindlay,China. 04. Pulse Oximeter (Refurbished). 68,000 2 1,36,000 Model 3700 E, Ohemeda, USA. 05. Syringe Pump 95,000 2 1,90,000Model Argus 600. 06. Entonox Apparatus. 78,000 4 3,12,000

07. Suction Machine Double bottle 55,000 4 2,20,000 with vacuum cup, UK.09. Incubator. AQUIRED10. Baby Resuscitation Trolley 5,000 3 15,00011. Light Source. 1,500 10 15,00012. Delivery Table. 15,000 8 1,20,000 13. Baby Cots with wheels. 5,000 4 20,000 14. Eclampsia Beds. 25,000 2 50,00015. Instrument Trolley. 5,000 6 30,00016. Stool with backrest. 2,500 5 12,50017. Drip stands. 500 10 5,00018. Stretchers. 5,000 2 10,000 19. Patients Examination Couch. 5,000 1 5,000

20. Air Conditioner. 30,000 6 1,80,00021. Central Voltage Stabilizer. 50,000 1 50,00022. Refrigerator. 26,000 1 26,000

TOTAL 27,06,500

COST SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

LABOUR ROOM:   Equipment……………………………. Rs. 27,06,500     Furniture……………………………… Rs. 65,000   Refurbishment………………………. Rs. 5,00,000 Civil Work (bath rooms etc)………. Rs. 2,00,000 ------------------- Sub Total…………….. Rs. 34,71,500 GYNAE OBS. EMERGENCY ROOM:     Equipment……………………………. Rs. 13,42,000       Furniture……………………………… Rs. 91,600      Civil Work. (i) E.R. Structure……….Rs. 8,40,000 (ii) Ramp…………………... Rs. 3,00,000 (iii) Lift………………..…… Rs. 20,00,000 -------------------- Sub Total…………… . Rs. 45,73,000

Grand Total (LR + E.R.) ………. Rs. 80,44,5000

2002

June 06, 2002

OB-GYN Clinic Civil Hospital Karachi.

July 16, 2002

August 18, 2002

September 14, 2002

Amin Karim’s

FUNDORAMA

October 5, 2002

Shahid Kamal’s

“chaii - per”

October 06, 2002

Safe Motherhood Project

GOLD MEDAL

Governor Soomro

Dr. Shoukat Malik

Safe Motherhood Project

Gold Medal

Prof. Shaista Effendi

November 24, 2002

December 24, 2002

USA Collections: Deposited to Ac 2090 RIGHT PATH FOUNDATION Amin H. Karim, MD

Rs 73523 + 150000 + 50000 + 326477 = $ 10,000October 04,  2002 $ 5,000 October 11,  2002 $ 5,000 October 15,  2002 $ 5,000 October 21,  2002     $   5,000 October 22,  2002 $ 5,000 October 24,  2002 $   5,000 October 29,  2002 $ 5,000 October 30, 2002  $ 5,000November 06, 2002        $ 5,000 November 19, 2002   $ 5,000December 02, 2002      $ 5,000 December 03, 2002      $ 5,000December 05, 2002 $ 5,000December 09, 2002 $ 5,000December 12, 2002 $ 5,000December 16, 2002 $ 5,000 December 18, 2002 $ 5,000

TOTAL SENT SO FAR:  $  95,000

CONTRIBUTING 1977’ers

MIDDLE EAST:Dr. Anjum Z. Abidi

CANADA:Dr. Ahmed Naqvi

PAKISTAN:Dr. Mansoor Ahmed Dr. Saleem Asghar Dr. Irfan DaudiDr. Shaista Effendi Dr. Naseer Haider Dr. Roohi HaiderDr. Shahid Kamal Dr. Anwar Malik Dr. Shoukat MalikDr. Najam Qureshi Dr. Rahat Qureshi Dr. Razia SheikhDr. Qutubuddin Sheikh Dr. Mabel Zaki Dr. S. Hamid Zaki

UK:

Dr. Feroze Ahmed Dr. Imranul Haque Dr. S Musheer Hussain Dr. Masroor Imam Dr. Mehboob Kukaswadia Dr. Mohsin Laliwala Dr. Wajhiuddin Naqvi Dr. Razaali Sajanlal Dr. Najmus Saqib Dr. Owais Shafqat Dr. Qaisar H Siraj

USA:

Hyder H Arastu, MD Mobin Chida, MD Shahnaz Chida, MD Abdul Hameed, MD Fayyaz Hussain, MD Mohd. Shaukat Hussain, MD Dr. Sadia Kazmi Dr. Waqar Hussain Kazmi Salma Jamal, MD Raja M. Kaikaus, MD Amin H. Karim, MD Sanober Khan, MD Noor Mohd. Merchant, MD Shujaul Qadir, MD Shahid Rafique, MD Aziza Shad, MD Munir A. Shikari, MD Tanveer Sultan, MD Malka Waseem, MD Dr. Seema Yousifi Allam Shaheen Zia, MD

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