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 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 Account A/C No. CD 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

s 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 !!! 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 PROJECT CIVIL 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 , 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, ,00,000 Aloka Model SSD Convex linear Scanner + Vag. probe. 02. CTG Machine 2,50, ,50,000 Huntleigh BD 4000 with Accessories, UK. 03. CTG Machine 1,00, ,00,000 Schenzen,China 04.NIBP Monitor 90, ,80,000 Model AM 600, Mindlay,China. 04. Pulse Oximeter (Refurbished). 68, ,36,000 Model 3700 E, Ohemeda, USA. 05. Syringe Pump 95, ,90,000 Model Argus Entonox Apparatus. 78, ,12,000

07. Suction Machine Double bottle 55, ,20,000 with vacuum cup, UK. 09. Incubator. AQUIRED 10. Baby Resuscitation Trolley 5, , Light Source. 1, , Delivery Table. 15, ,20, Baby Cots with wheels. 5, , Eclampsia Beds. 25, , Instrument Trolley. 5, , Stool with backrest. 2, , Drip stands , Stretchers. 5, , Patients Examination Couch. 5, , Air Conditioner. 30, ,80, Central Voltage Stabilizer. 50, , Refrigerator. 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 =$ 10,000 October 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 $ 5,000 November 06, 2002 $ 5,000 November 19, 2002 $ 5,000 December 02, 2002 $ 5,000 December 03, 2002 $ 5,000 December 05, 2002$ 5,000 December 09, 2002$ 5,000 December 12, 2002$ 5,000 December 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 AhmedDr. Saleem AsgharDr. Irfan Daudi Dr. Shaista EffendiDr. Naseer HaiderDr. Roohi Haider Dr. Shahid KamalDr. Anwar MalikDr. Shoukat Malik Dr. Najam QureshiDr. Rahat QureshiDr. Razia Sheikh Dr. Qutubuddin Sheikh Dr. Mabel ZakiDr. 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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