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Posted on August 28th, 2010 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare once again has partnered with reputable organizations (Local and International) to provide medical and relief (food, water, clothes etc) to the flood affectees. Our biggest supporters have been ordinary people like you and me, however, some reputable national and international organizations have also joined us to provide support to the needy.
Here is a [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2010 by by lkaplan
Jaroka Tele-health wins the coveted mBillionth Award for best mHealth application.
Posted on July 5th, 2009 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare attends the 32nd annual APPNA Convention in San Francisco, CA, USA. We presented our work and results with special emphasis to the IDP crisis. We also briefed the audience of our Jaroka Tele-healthcare initiative that is one of the most sophisticated medical technological solutions in use in rural Pakistan.
APPNA, (Association of Physicians [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2009 by by Atif Mumtaz
We urgently require the following medical supplies and equipment to continue to provide urgent medical care to the IDPs.
Please review this list as we update it regularly.
Posted on May 21st, 2009 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare Trust has joined hands with some leading relief organizations in providing urgent support to IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) in rural Mardan district. We have opened up our facilities as the central point to run operations for the IDPs in the region. Our area of operations are near the border of Buner District with [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2009 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare Trust in collaboration with NUST, APPNA and other stake holders has begun a massive healthcare relief effort for IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) streaming in from Buner and Swat. The efforts are based out of our medical facility in village Zahidabad, rural Mardan District and 4 km from the town of Rustum (NWFP, Pakistan). [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2009 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare Trust in collaboration with Lackson Medical Complex, Swabi (NWFP, Pakistan) organized a free eye camp for the poor at its rural Mardan facility in village Zahidabad. A total of 150 patients were treated during the day by medical doctors. 25 of the patients were then selected for free eye surgery. This is the [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2008 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare Trust in collaboration with NUST organized a medical camp for the poor and received an overwhelming response. Over 500 patients showed up (50% females) from neighboring villages to our health facility in rural Mardan, NWFP (200 KM north of Islamabad).
For details: http://blogs.tele-healthcare.org/2008/12/successful-medical-camp-in-mardan.html
We also distributed free medicines to the poor and needy and treated [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2008 by by Atif Mumtaz
UM Healthcare Trust in collaboration with APPNA and Disaster Management Center (DMC) held an extremely successful BLS (Basic Life Support) Training session in rural Mardan District.
The training included video, mannequins, and interactive lectures (both in Urdu and English) thus making it highly hands-on.
Over twenty healthcare services providers from the local community (rural health workers, Lady [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2008 by by Atif Mumtaz
USAID in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) organized an extremely productive and successful conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. The conference was attended by people from academia, scientific community, entrepreneurs and government officials from USA and Pakistan. All the projects funded under PAK-USAID joint collaboration were given thirty minutes to present their project to the audience, [...]