Hospital Project
(Facility & Costs)
OVERVIEW
Free eye care, at scale, for those who
cannot afford it
Eye treatment is expensive in Pakistan and beyond the reach of most poor families; as a result, many elderly people live and die with avoidable blindness. The hospital will provide free eye treatment to thousands of poor patients from Bhalwal, Bhera, Phularwan, Khushab, Sargodha and surrounding cities within a radius of about 200 kilometres.
FUNDING
Project cost
Total estimated cost
~ PKR 523,000 (cost is estimated cost amendments, equipment & furniture)
Half funded
Ch Muhammad Ahli has kindly have contributed his half share for their most main cure.
Still needed
~ PKR $17,700 still needed from generous donors.
THE PLAN
A purpose-built eye hospital
The planned layout includes a dedicated operation theatre, OPD reception, consultation rooms, recovery rooms and supporting facilities — designed so patients can move from registration through examination, surgery and recovery within one campus.
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
Planned facilities
- A fully equipped blood-test laboratory
- OPD with waiting rooms and bathrooms
- General enclosure / main waiting area with water coolers and public bathrooms
- Front desk, registration and security rooms
- Waiting room for admitted patients and their attendants
- Doctors’ check-up and consultation rooms
- An eye-care unit for general examination and treatment with medication
- Changing room and a pre-surgery preparation centre
- Operation theatres for cataract and other complex eye surgeries
- Post-surgery recovery rooms and a follow-up examination centre
- Nursing station and patient-discharge centre
- Pharmacy and medical store; main hospital store
- Storeroom for medicines and equipment
- Offices and rest facilities for doctors and staff
- Chairman / President block for meetings and donations
- Cafeteria and an economical utility store
- Food bank and public kitchen for free meals (Langar), In Sha Allah
- Furnished guest rooms for visiting doctors, donors and dignitaries
- Commercial block of rentable units to fund running costs
- Upgrade of the adjacent mosque (Masjid Begum Zahida Hanif)
- Green area and park