Indus Hospital and Health Network’s Much-Needed Services Lauded at “Meet and Greet” Event
Karachi: When philanthropists, benefactors, and members of the business community come together to serve humanity, we have a wholesome situation that provides relief and comfort to the underprivileged and downtrodden sections of society, remarked Indus Hospital and Health Network Founder and President Professor Dr Abdul Bari Khan.
He made this observation while addressing a special “Meet and Greet” event at the Indus Hospital Korangi, Karachi. The event was attended by Karachi Press Club President Fazil Jamili, Secretary Sohail Afzal Khan, Joint Secretary Muhammad Munsif, senior journalists Abrar Bakhtiar, Ibrahim Rind, Mazhar Ali Raza, Asif Jaya Ja, Qazi Nasiruddin and others, as well as a delegation from Anjuman Tajran Sindh Hyderabad and Karachi led by Salahuddin Ghauri and Javed Shams, as well as philanthropists from various walks of life, including the corporate sector.
The attendees met Dr Abdul Bari Khan in person and paid tributes to him for his outstanding services and appreciated the unparalleled performance of Indus Hospital and Health Network. Professor Dr Abdul Bari Khan briefed the audience about the 18-year journey of Indus Hospital from its inception to date and the high-quality medical facilities provided to the public free of charge throughout the country, including Karachi. He said that ‘we founded Indus Hospital in 2007 with the spirit of serving humanity and the determination to provide high-quality medical treatment to people free of charge.’ With the help and support of Allah Almighty and the resultant active participation of philanthropists in our mission, today we are running 13 hospitals and more than 100 primary healthcare units across the country, including Karachi, Badin, Jamshoro, Lahore, Gwadar, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan, Quetta, Sui, Peshawar, and treating millions of patients free of charge every year. The scope of services of Indus Hospital has extended to remote areas where there is a severe lack of medical facilities.
Dr Abdul Bari Khan further said that in areas affected by recent floods, Indus Hospital is continuing to provide medical services. So far, more than four hundred medical camps have been organized in the affected areas where lab tests of more than ten thousand patients have been conducted, treatment facilities provided to about 55 thousand people, including more than forty thousand adult patients and more than fourteen thousand children. This process is ongoing. Furnishing more details to the audience in this regard, Dr Abdul Bari Khan said that four blood centers are functioning under the Indus Hospital and Health Network at Karachi, Jamshoro, Multan and Bahawalpur. In addition, Indus is working on the treatment and surgery of disabled patients and their rehabilitation. In this regard, three state-of-the-art rehabilitation centers are operational in Karachi, Badin and Muzaffargarh where modern artificial limbs are produced and implanted on disabled people. So far, more than thirty thousand disabled people have received artificial limbs, thus Indus Hospital has emerged as a leading provider of medical care to disabled people. It is helping people to live their daily lives with comfort and become productive members of society.
Currently, more than five lakh patients are being provided treatment facilities every month across the country under the Indus Hospital Network. While two and a half lakh patients are examined and given medicines in the Indus Family Medicine OPDs every month (3 million annually), the total number of beds for patients in hospitals operating under the Indus Hospital and Health Network is more than 2,100.
Dr Abdul Bari Khan informed that currently, four hundred thousand patients are admitted to Indus Hospital and Health Network every year. Annually, fifteen hundred thousand patients are treated in the emergency department. More than 250 hearing-impaired people have been implanted with hearing aids (cochlear implants). More than 800 children have completed a four-year treatment process for clubfoot disease. Over three hundred thousand patients have been screened for hepatitis. More than 29 thousand diabetic patients have been treated. Over three thousand HIV patients have been enrolled. One hundred and thirty thousand malaria patients have been diagnosed and treated.
The construction of the new Nadir Fun Medical Complex, consisting of four towers, has been completed at the main campus of Indus Hospital Karachi, each tower consisting of twelve floors. Once fully operational, the total number of beds at the main campus of Indus Hospital Karachi will be around 1,500. Similarly, a large and modern hospital has been established in Jubilee Town Lahore under the Indus Hospital and Health Network. It has a bed capacity of 600.
The Indus Hospital Main Campus Karachi has an area of 20 acres (870,000 square feet). Its total area is 3.2 million square feet, while the total built-up area is 2.63 million square feet. In addition, 650,000 square feet of area is for external development. The construction of the new and state-of-the-art building of Indus Hospital Karachi is estimated to cost Rs 34.4 billion and this expenditure is in addition to the hospital's equipment and facilities. Besides this, a modern medical university and a nursing college have also been established under Indus Hospital. So far, about three thousand students have graduated from Indus Medical University and are serving in the field of medicine.
