Free medical services provided by the hospital, financed by the Abdul Halim Khan Foundation.
Red and Green “Health Safety Cards” give holders treatment at very low cost, encouraging patients — especially in rural areas — to seek care early rather than waiting until a disease becomes chronic.
Cataracts mostly affect senior members of the community and can be treated with a single operation. Camps have already served more than 200 patients, restoring their vision.
Pelvic floor dysfunction affects more than 50% of women over 55, and is often concealed and left untreated in Bangladesh. PAHMC has provided free treatment to around 100 patients.
In partnership with Colin Macfarlane, Director of the Glancoe Foundation, twenty children with club-foot deformity were successfully treated.
A free cleft lip operation camp was arranged for marginal communities who often lack the awareness or means to treat these highly treatable conditions.
Held 15 June 2015 at PAHMC, with a keynote by Dr. Sultana Jahan (University of Missouri, USA) followed by one-to-one sessions with autistic patients, raising local awareness of the condition.