Fatima
Memorial Hospital held the closing ceremony of the Employees Hepatitis B
Vaccination Campaign. The vaccine was kindly donated by the Health department
of the Government of Punjab to help prevent the disease in the province which
has been rampant in the past few years.
The
closing ceremony was attended by Mr. Hafiz Muhammed Akram, DG, Social
Welfare -Government of Punjab, Dr. Sabeen, Manager Hepatitis Prevention
Program - Government of Punjab and the esteemed members of the hospital.
The
ceremony was inaugurated by Dr. Arif Amir Nawaz, the hospital director who
gave an introduction on the hospital and welcomed everyone who was present and
thanked the Government of Punjab for their kind donation.
He also gave a
picture on the situation of the disease in the country and the preventive
measures that need to be taken.
This was followed by an update on the
vaccination of the staff by Sister Kiran Arif Khan; Mr. Hafiz
Muhammed Akram & Dr. Sabeen addressed the guests present and gave an update
on what has been achieved through the Hepatitis Prevention Program in the
province.
The
concluding remarks of the ceremony were by Prof. Humayun Maqsood,
Principal, FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry which were preceded by
distribution of certificates to the staff who had actively worked during the
campaign and put in the extra effort apart from their regular duties at the
hospital in the campaign. The certificates were presented by Mr.
Hafiz Muhammad Akram, Dr. Sabeen and Abid Hussain, Director Operations
& Ms. Beenish Kashif of Fatima Memorial System..
According
to estimates of the Health department, overall prevalence of Hepatitis B
and C is 6 million infections and 7 million
infections respectively in Pakistan. With these facts it is estimated that
about 15 million people somehow harbor hepatitis viruses in their bodies.
Fatima
Memorial Hospital, Shadman, Lahore was founded as a not for
profit hospital in 1977 to serve patients from all walks of life
regardless of their means to pay.
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