President of Aga Khan University Hospital Visit

We were honored the visit of Mr. Firoz Rasul, President of Aga Khan University Hospital at our Momin Adamjee clinic in Shirin Jinnah Colony and our emergency room at NICH on 10th November,2014

CLF collaborates with Doctors without Borders

On March 01, 2013, the renowned global (Brussels-based organization), MEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES (Doctors without borders) signed an MOU with ChildLife Foundation to set up a measles isolation unit at the Triage centre of the Children Emergency room at the Civil Hospital in Karachi.

The representatives who signed the MOU were Mr. Ondrej Horvath from MSF and Dr. Naseeruddin from CLF. Renzo Fricke (MSF) and Maliha Rao (ChildLife) signed as witnesess.

The Southern part of Sindh is experiencing an epidemic of measles. This centre will provide focused care to children suffering from life threatening complications of measles. This Unit will operate for a period of three months. You can find out more about MSF here: http://www.msf.org/msf/index.htm

Zeba Maniya’s visit to Sabzi Mandi clinic (February 23, 2013)

Ms. Zeba Maniya, who is the focal person of ChildLife Foundation in Austin Texas, visited CLF’s clinic at Sabzi Mandi. CLF team gave her a tour of the Mano Goth, the katchi abaadi (slum area) where the clinic is located. During her visit at the clinic, Ms. Zeba spoke to several patients and inquired about the quality of treatment. She was delighted by the cleanliness and overall quality of care. This Clinic is being operated with the sponsorship of the gracious Pakistani community of Austin, Texas.

Dr. Mahadevan’s Visit (25th January 2013)

The collaborative efforts between CLF and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto California, will provide a vital platform for Pediatric emergency care for less privileged children.

Dr. S. V. Mahadevan’s recent visit to Karachi was a warm gesture from Stanford in acknowledging the collaboration. CLF’s recent seminar on “Pediatric Emergency Care in the Developing World” was a part of this evolving relationship. Other than the Seminar, the trustees took Dr. Mahadevan on a visit to the existing (CHK) as well as the developing CLF projects (NICH, Civil Hospital, clinic at Machar Colony) and AKU Pediatric ER in Karachi

ChildLife Foundation Seminar (25th January 2013)

CLF organized a seminar on “Pediatric Emergency Care in the Developing World” on Friday at Aga Khan University Hospital.

During the seminar it was shared that more than 100,000 less privileged children in Karachi have been provided with high quality emergency care at the Civil Hospital through a unique public-private partnership between CLF and the government of Sindh.

This event brought together professional individuals and doctors for detailed discussions on the issues related to Pediatric Emergency care. CLF’s seminar is a part of its evolving collaboration with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto California.

The seminar was sponsored by Aga Khan University and Aman Foundation.

AUSTIN FUNDED CHILDREN’S CLINIC TAKES OFF (October 2012)

The first outpatient clinic of CLF in Karachi started off in the old Sabzi Mandi area off Jail Road. At the premises, CLF shall start providing Urgent Care Services in the near future.

CLF has an important strategic partnership with SINA Trust to develop a network of clinics in Karachi. Under this partnership, the team has successfully started its first outpatient clinic. It is targeted that Sabzi Mandi clinic is to cater to more than 2,500 children around its catchment areas.

Children coming to the clinic are receiving treatment without paying any charges for their treatment or the medicines that are prescribed and given to them. Most of the families live in the katchi abadi (urban slum) in Mano Goth. The population mostly consists of immigrant Pathan and Punjabi families, who are living below the line of poverty.

CLF, with the generous support of the gracious Pakistani community based in Austin, Texas, is providing quality health care at no cost.

PLANS READY FOR THE LARGEST CHILDREN’S ARE IN KARACHI (November 2012)

The National Institute of Child Health is the second largest public sector hospital for children in Pakistan. It serves almost a thousand children every day and deals with almost all types of pediatric diseases and emergencies.

The Emergency Room of NICH has been working way beyond capacity and is always under tremendous workload. There has been a clear need for expansion and redesigning of the facility as well as support for its day to day running. CLF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Sindh to expand, redesign and manage the ER along the lines of its ER project at the Civil Hospital, Karachi

Renowned architect Shahid Abdullah of ASA, has agreed to help design the project. His team headed by Aasia Hussain has been working on this project for several months and the final plans are now ready. The redesigned and expanded ER will have an eventual capacity for more than 55 beds, which will be double of its existing bed strength.

During the construction, the ER will be moved to a temporary structure. This will later serve as a waiting area for the hundreds of attendants that are present at the hospital every day. The work on this structure is starting next week and shall be completed within 16 working days. The construction on the permanent ER shall be initiated by December 15, 2012.