Chairman of Public Accounts Committee in Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly Abdul Rasheed Turabi Monday visited State-of-the-Art Free Kidney Dialysis Center At Mirpur Divisional Headquarter Hospital, running by the Kashmir-based world-fame NGO – Anjuman Falah o Behbood e Insaniat and inquired about the well being of the patients admitted at the Center.
The Anjuman Falah o Behbood e Insaniat’s President Dr. Tahir Mahmood and the senior medicos and the Center’s head Nephrologists Dr. Shehzad Sheikh, Muhasim BaAllah, Azeem Qureshi and others briefed Mr. Turrabi of the salient features on the grant center, first of its own kind in AJK – running by the NGO on self-help basis without relying upon any liability of the State government.
Briefing the guest of the performance of the center, Anjuman Falah o Behbood e Insaniat’s chief Dr. Tahir Mahmood and the Center’s head Nephrologists Dr. Shehzad Sheikh apprised Abdul Rasheed Turrabi of the rising trend of the disease of dialysis, free Medicare to the in and outdoor patients, especially those admitted in the center for change of blood in different rotations absolutely free of cost without relying upon any due financial assistance by the hospital management or the State Health Authorities – but with the financial contribution of the philanthropists and donors. The AJK PAC Chairman was also briefed, with the help of charts, about the annual facts and figures of the dialysis patients visiting the Center. The MLA Rasheed Turabi, also former Amir of the AJK JI, lauded the marvelous role of the NGO especially its founder chief – the Dental Surgeon Dr. Tahir Mahmood and his team besides the Center’s Supremo Dr. Shehzad Sheikh and other staffers for serving the ailing humanity with best of their abilities and professional skills – since at least 150 dialysis patients use to visit the center for transfusion / change of blood in at least three separate shifts daily. Turabi assured the management of the center of the dispensation of the due assistance by the government to ensure the functioning of the center in most smooth manner keeping in view its future needs of serving for rehabilitation of the sick humanity.
He also inquired about the well being of the patients under treatment besides the available facilities at the center. The PAC AJK Chairman was accompanied by Zulqarnain Butt, Youth Wing Central Vice President of Jamaat e Islami.