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REPORT OF AMAs’ 8TH FREE MEDICAL CAMP HELD ON 28TH JUNE 1996 AT RICH BAN, DISTRICT ABBOTTABAD, IN COLLABORATION WITH FURWA
Abbottonians Medical Association ( AMA ) in collaboration with Frontier Urban & Rural Women Association (FURWA) held its 8th Free Medical Camp the Govt. Girls High School, Rich Ban, Dist. Abbottabad, on Friday the 28th June 1996. It was a general camp and over 1500 patients were provided free consultation by specialist doctors and medicines worth over Rs. 50,000/- were given to the poor patients free of cost. The village Rich Ban was selected by an extensive survey carried out on Friday the 21st June 1996 by team of AMA & FURWA, which comprised of Mrs. Riffat Akbar Swati, Executive Director FURWA, Dr. Noaman Siddiqui, Chief Organizer AMA & Mr. Syed Akbar Zulqurnain Class Representative AMA. FURWA is already working in this remote area in Health as well as in Education sector.
An advance team which comprised of six Medical Students of Ayub Medical College and two Health Technicians were sent at the Camp venue on 28 th morning at 5.00 am, which made all the necessary arrangements. Four rooms of the Govt. Girls High School were sub-divided into various specialties like Surgery, Medicine, Gynae., Eye, ENT, Paeds, Skin & Dentistry, where specialist doctors provided free consultation to the patients. There was a separate big room for Pharmacy, from where medicines were issued to the patients.
Dr. Abdul Aziz Awan, Chairman AMA & Mr. Tanveer Afzal President, AOBA, NWFP Chapter express their grateful appreciation to all the following participants of the Camp:-
Mrs. Riffar Akbar Swati, Dr. Riffat Nasim Qazi, Dr. Shabbir Shah, Dr. M.Tariq Sadiq, Dr. Shaita Sadiq, Dr. Adnan Mehraj, Dr. Shakeel Husain, Dr. Umer Farooq, Dr. Naeema Afzal, Dr. Sajjida, Dr. Safia Habib, Dr. Adeela Khan, Dr. Rehana Yasmeen, Dr. Rasia Jalal, Mr. Nazir Ahmad, Maj.( Retd. ) Tariq Mehmood, Maj.(Retd) Akbar, Mr. Aurangzeb Azmat, Mr. Jameel Ahmed, Mr. Mukhtar Ahmed Durrani, Mr. Anjum Saeed, Mr. Chanwaiz, Mr. Sadique, Mr. Mughal, Miss. Saima Qazi, Miss. Alvina Akbar Swati, Miss. Ghazala Sheraz Khan, Miss. Shaheena Wazir, Miss Mehunissa Sabir, Mrs. Jasmine William, Miss. Gul Nasreen, Miss. Rukhsana, Miss. Tehmina, Mr. Syed Akbar Zulqurnain, Mr. Waseem Afzal, Mr. Atiq ur Rehman, Mr. Shahid Noor, Mr. Kashif Mazhar, Mr. Shehryar Swati, Mr. Mohammad Ilyas, Mr. Mahfooz, Mr. Aziz, Mr. Saif ur Rehman, Mr. Younus, Mr. Gohar Rehman & Mr. Ishfaq.
Our special thanks to Mr. (Maj.) Nadeem Mansoor, Commissioner Hazara Division, Mr. Qayuum Shah, D.C. Abbottabad , Mr. Akbar Khan Hoti, SSP Abbottabad , Mr. Ali Naseer A.C. Abbottabad, Prof. Hasan Badr ud Din Khan, Principal APS & C, Dr. Jehangir Alam, DHO Abbottabad , Mr. Akhtar Baig, DFO Abbottabad and all the staff of Thana Sherwan for assisting us in the Camp.
We also really grateful to Dr. Nasreen Khushid, DMS Woman & Children Hospital, Mr. Shahid Qadir, Shahid Enterprises, Mr. Zahid Qadir, Zahid Medicos Abbottabad , Mr. Abdus Salam, Distributor, Indus Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Farrukh Wajid, Werrick Pharmaceutical and Mr. Arshad, Al-Aman Distributors who provided us donation of medicines for this camp. We sincerely hope that you will extend your full cooperation in the future endeavors of Abbottonians Medical Association.