HOPES (Help Of Patients in Exigency by Students)

H.O.P.E.S. (Help of Patients in Exigency by students)[1]
Founded 25 December 1995
Type Nonprofit Organization
Location
Area served
Social Welfare
Services Drug Bank
Pharmacies
Diagnostic Labs
Natural Disaster Services
Method Zakat
Donataions
Key people
 Prof. Saleemullah (Patron In-Chief)
Prof. Waqar Kazmi (Patron)
Slogan Life Line for Poor
Website H.O.P.E.S. (official website)

H.O.P.E.S.[2] (Help of Patients in Exigency by students) is a registered, non-governmental, non political patient welfare organization run by the students of Karachi Medical and Dental College with the sole aim of helping the under privileged patients of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital[3] by providing them life saving drugs and other medical facilities. H.O.P.E.S. was established in 1995. Currently, the organization is running a free of cost Drug Bank, Pharmacies and a Diagnostic Lab.

History

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the teaching hospital of Karachi Medical & Dental College, was in appalling need of a philanthropic organization.[3] In 1995, the first group of Karachi Medical & Dental College pondered upon the need for a welfare organization in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where many patients died or left sparsely treated due to very high expenditure of treatment.[4]

"When we started working on this project, at the beginning it was just an experiment to assess the need and outcome of such an initiative, we worked and it paid off. Today H.O.P.E.S. is progressing at a substantial pace."

---Dr. Ahmed Nawaz, one of the founder of H.O.P.E.S., expressed his gratitude and explained the journey they eked out for this generous purpose, during the cabinet announcement meeting.[5]

Thus on 25 December 1995, the first group of Karachi Medical & Dental College inaugurated a philanthropic organization by the name of H.O.P.E.S. (Help Of Patients in Exigency by Students).

"In H.O.P.E.S. we work like a family, everyone knows about the monthly expenditures and all the fifty volunteers feel the responsibility of providing the money to keep the organization functional. All of us give at least 15 hours per week to H.O.P.E.S. We eat, sleep and study in its office when the work load is more. I’ve learnt more through H.O.P.E.S. than I learned from textbooks."

Asfia Arham Khursheed, President of H.O.P.E.S. (Field Cabinet) [5]

H.O.P.E.S. commenced its journey by establishing a free–of–cost Drug Bank in a small room in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital with very limited resources. The Drug Bank later became famous as Room No. 41. Students of Karachi Medical & Dental College spent 3–4 hours after their college in this room as volunteers. For seven years H.O.P.E.S. remained confined to this room with limited resources and funds from which it could only help 4 out of 10 patients admitted in the hospital. Volunteers collected Zakat and donations from their friends and families to ensure a dynamic budget.

In 2003 a No–profit–No–loss pharmacy was established in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where every patient of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and even outsiders could get medicines, surgical items and other medicinal materials at the lowest price in the city.[3] After the successful experiment of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital pharmacy, H.O.P.E.S. opened two more pharmacies; one in Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases[6] and the other in Dental O.P.D.[7] in Karachi Medical & Dental College.

H.O.P.E.S. started to move uphill step by step with the passage of time. In 2005 earthquake, the volunteers of H.O.P.E.S. stood-up for their nation and provided medical aid to the victims of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Since then H.O.P.E.S. has been working for the victims of various natural disasters throughout the nation including the flood of 2011, 2012 and the latest earthquake which hit Baluchistan in 2013.

On 7 May 2015, H.O.P.E.S. successfully established its Diagnostic Laboratory near Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Cabinet

Further information: HOPES Cabinet

Like other leading organizations, H.O.P.E.S. also has a well-managed cabinet that take care of all the matters of the organization. The Cabinet consists of some 36-members including Patron In-Chief; Prof. Saleemullah and Patron; Prof. Waqar Kazmi, who is also the principal of Karachi Medical & Dental College.[8]

Services

Free Drug Bank

H.O.P.E.S. Drug Bank[9] is located in Main Building of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. The Drug Bank is entirely run by the students of Karachi Medical and Dental College that act as Volunteers after their college time. Drug Bank provides free of cost medicines to Zakat deserving (masaarif-e-zakat) and non-affordable patients. Volunteers also dispense the prescribed medicines to the beds of the patients.

H.O.P.E.S. Drug Bank has a vast variety of drugs for injection, tablets and other forms of medications including Antibiotics, NSAIDs, Anti-allergics, Anticoagulants, Anti-hyperlipidemics, Vitamins and Minerals, Protein Suspensions and many others.

No profit-No loss Pharmacies

Inside view of HOPES Pharmacy Abbasi Shaheed Hospital

Currently, three pharmacies of H.O.P.E.S. are running successfully in;

All H.O.P.E.S. pharmacies[10] serve on the basis of No Profit - No Loss and provide drugs and surgical items at very low price.

Diagnostic Laboratory

Further information: HOPES Diagnostic Laboratory

H.O.P.E.S. Diagnostic Laboratory[11] provides patients with vast number of Diagnostic Tests including Serological, Hematological, Biochemical and Microbiological Tests at very low and affordable price. Best researchers and leading technicians have been appointed to make the processes more perfect so that the results will be more accurate. Laboratory provides free services to Zakat Deserving and non-affordable patients admitted at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Arrangement of Blood and Blood products

H.O.P.E.S. makes arrangements of blood and blood products for transfusion the cost of which is borne by the H.O.P.E.S account.

Aid to Victims of Natural Disasters

H.O.P.E.S.[12] has aided not only in-house patients but has gone miles also in helping people affected with natural disasters.[13] The volunteers provide all the medical and rehabilitation facilities to the affected people.

In 2005 Earthquake,[14][15][16] H.O.P.E.S. stepped into its first outdoor philanthropy and aided the natural disaster affected people.

In 2011 and 2012, Dadu district encountered massive flood that caused severe damage to people. H.O.P.E.S. volunteers visited District Dadu and prepared a well-planned rescue mission for these people in two phases;

In 2011, H.O.P.E.S. visited Badin District along with S.K.F. to help the flood victims of Badin District and provided Mobile Medical Camp, 1000 tents for shelter, Ration supply for around 400 families of different villages in Union Council SERANI, District Badin.

On 24 September 2013,[17][18][19] a massive earthquake hit Balochistan Province. It was yet another dark day for the people of Pakistan. A week later H.O.P.E.S. received a call from a colleague who told about a place where no aid had yet reached. Our volunteers set up their bags and prepared for the trip with the intent of serving their brothers in need. Mashkai, is a village in the district of Awaraan, Balochistan. It is known as the place where not even military can enter. There is an ongoing insurgency in that village and the rebellions do not let anyone enter, which is why the government has stopped their aid to help the people there. Not a single welfare organization is allowed to enter. This village had a total of approximately 400 families and each was provided with Ration (including 20 kg flour, 2 kg rice, 2 kg pulses, a packet of oil, blankets, and 1 suit each for the members of the family) and Medical aid.

Currently, H.O.P.E.S. started its Heat Stroke relief Campaign to help the victims. The Volunteers dispensed almost all the patients in the Emergency Ward with Normal Saline, Ringer lactate, drip sets, cannula, nebulizer mask and many more medications that were required.

H.O.P.E.S. also collaborated with the Army relief camp that was set up for the victims, and provided medications in the camp.

Mobile Medical Camps

These camps are run by the young doctors and medical students of Karachi Medical & Dental College who volunteer to dispense their clinical knowledge to people who are unable to reach medical facilities.

Upcoming Projects

Fund Raising Events

H.O.P.E.S. is working and progressing uphill by the help and assistance of our kind and generous countrymen who donate whole-heartedly and help H.O.P.E.S. to aid deprived people. Along with local citizens, Pakistanis who are settled abroad also lend helping hands to helpless people.

Apart of it, H.O.P.E.S. organized several events that help the organization to generate funds.

H.O.P.E.S. Monthly Donation Campaign

H.O.P.E.S. volunteers run a campaign every month in Karachi Medical & Dental College and collect donations from students. It is one of the crucial event that assists organization to work in rhythm and smoothly.

H.O.P.E.S. Ramadan Zakat Campaign

Every year in the Holy month of Ramadan, H.O.P.E.S. sprints an annual Zakat Campaign[20] to make maximum benefits from this gracious part of the year. Volunteers make extensive efforts to generate enough funds in this month that can be spent for an entire year. In this campaign, volunteers move door to door in residential societies and at different public places, shopping malls and hospitals to collect funds.

Along with this outdoor campaign, Volunteers and rest of the Students of Karachi Medical & Dental College collect Zakat and donations by their own from their families, friends, relatives, neighbors and teachers.

This Annual Zakat Campaign is one of the major fund raising event that helps H.O.P.E.S. to stay strong and steady.

H.O.P.E.S. Annual Hides Campaign

H.O.P.E.S. volunteers skip their all activities on Eid-ul-Azha and strive hard to collect hides[21] of sacrificial animals around the city. Hides of cows, goats and camel are collected through which funds are generated. Different teams of volunteers are devised that reach at the doorsteps to collect hides on one-call.

H.O.P.E.S. Annual Carnival

It is the biggest fund raising event[22] arranged by H.O.P.E.S. The organization provide a healthy entertainment to the common public and simultaneously collect funds for our cause.

Revenue and Expenditure

H.O.P.E.S. Expenses (2014 - 2015)

Serial No. Programs Amount
1 Drugs Dispensed 8.73 million Rupees
2 Diagnostics 182.7 thousand Rupees
3 H.O.P.E.S. Diagnostic Setup 2.93 million Rupees
4 TOTAL 11.4 million Rupees

H.O.P.E.S. Funds Generated (2014 - 2015)

Serial No. Programs Amount
1 Zakat Campaign 4.5 million Rupees
2 Hides Campaign 556.2 thousand Rupees
3 H.O.P.E.S. Carnival 1.54 million Rupees
4 Others 4.72 million Rupees
5 TOTAL 11.32 million Rupees

Zakat and Donations

H.O.P.E.S. receive Zakat and Donations from people directly in H.O.P.E.S. Pharmacy, Ground Floor, Trauma Center, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Tabish Dehlvi Road, Nazimabad No. 3, Karachi. Donors can send cheques and drafts payable to H.O.P.E.S. via courier or any TCS Center in Pakistan to the H.O.P.E.S. address. Along with this, people can also donate on-line or through ATM or deposit at any on-line branch of Habib Bank Ltd. using following information;

1 Account Name H.O.P.E.S
2 Account Number 06340015088503
3 Bank Name Habib Bank Ltd.
4 Branch Name Taimuria Market Branch

Contact

1 Address[23] H.O.P.E.S. Pharmacy, Ground Floor, Trauma Center, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
2 E-mail hopesoffice@gmail.com
3 Facebook (H.O.P.E.S. Facebook Page)
4 Twitter (H.O.P.E.S. Twitter Account

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HOPES Official Logo". HOPES.
  2. ↑ "Non-Profit Welfare". HOPES.
  3. 1 2 3 "Teaching Hospital of KM&DC". Karachi Medical and Dental College.
  4. ↑ "Aid to victims of Natural Disasters". HOPES.
  5. 1 2 Nadeem, Afifa; Ahmed, Asra. "H.O.P.E.S.". Synergyzer.
  6. ↑ "Second heart disease institute after N.I.C.V.D.". Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases.
  7. ↑ "Dental Hospital". Karachi Medical & Dental College.
  8. ↑ "Academic Council". Karachi Medical & Dental College.
  9. ↑ "Free of Cost Drug Bank". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "No Profit No Loss". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Laboratory Success". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "A step that goes miles". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "While There's is Life, There's HOPE". HOPES.
  14. ↑ "2005 Kashmir Earthquake". History.com.
  15. ↑ Naranjo, Laura (22 October 2008). "When The Earth Moved Kashmir". NASA Earth Observatory.
  16. ↑ "2005 Kashmir Earthquake". National Centers for Environmental Information.
  17. ↑ "Pakistan earthquake: Hundreds dead in Balochistan". BBC News. 25 September 2013.
  18. ↑ Vervaeck, Armand; Daniell, James (1 October 2013). "Massive deadly earthquake in Pakistan - Satellite Spot images used for detection of the destruction". Earthquake-Reort.com.
  19. ↑ Shah, Syed Ali (25 September 2013). "Death toll from Balochistan earthquake rises to 217". DAWN.
  20. ↑ "A campaign to cure the helpless". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Something adorable and captivating". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "A Venture to renew the lives". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Way to contact". HOPES. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
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