Karim
Baksh is 60 years old and hails from Kandh Kot
in Jacobabad where he farms on a small plot of land. From
the meagre earnings that he derives, Karim has to support
not only nine children but a total of 20 family members!
Early this year, Karim began complaining of acute pain in
his lower back. He was then taken to several local hospitals
for treatment until he was finally diagnosed with bilateral
kidney stones. Unable to afford any kind of treatment, he
was referred to SIUT where he was promised world class treatment.
Once at SIUT, Karim’s renal functions were normalised
after which he underwent two lithotripsy sessions to remove
stones from his right kidney. Then, due to a greater number
of kidney stones in his left kidney, he was recently operated
upon and is recovering well.
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But Karim Baksh is just one
of over 19 million Pakistanis suffering from kidney stones.
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WHICH IS WHY WE NEED YOUR
SUSTAINED SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THE BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT MONEY CAN BUY TO
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE – AND ALL OF IT FREE!
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This
Ramazan please give your Zakat
to SIUT.
All of the treatment - all of it free
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On average,
we spend approximately 8,000 rupees per patient, per lithotripsy
session.In 2006 alone, we performed approximately 4,000 lithotripsy
sessions on over 2,600 patients.
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We also perform advanced PCNL, Laser and
URS treatments, as well as open surgery for kidney stone removal.
These treatments cost us approximately 5,000 to 10,000 rupees
per patient per session.
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We treat close to 600 kidney stone patients every week at
our Stone outpatient clinic, totalling to over 25,000 patients
every year.
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SIUT is the only medical centre that diagnoses and treats
kidney stones absolutely free of cost. Every year we spend
over 24 million rupees on providing expensive diagnostic
tests, treatments, lithotripsy sessions and surgeries absolutely
free to our patients.
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