Al-Shifa Trust providing free medical treatment to IDPs.ISLAMABAD, June 04, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- President of Al-Shifa Trust Gen. (retd) Jahan Dad Khan has said on Thursday that Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawalpindi is providing free medical treatment to IDPs at Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Yasin camp. Talking to PTV PTV abbr. 1. pay television 2. public television PTV (US) n abbr (= pay television) → Pay-TV nt (= public television , he said the hospital is providing free medicines, eye drops and glasses to the patients. Patients with serious eye and other diseases are being referred to Al-Shifa Trust base Hospital at Rawalpindi. He said the patients referred to Al-Shifa Trust Rawalpindi would also be treated free and would undergo surgeries and other specialized treatment. He said that Al-Shifa is also planning to setup its another free medical camp for IDPs in other camps also. He disclosed that large number of male female patients, both old and young are being treated at the medical camp. He said that most of the people are complaining of digestion problem specially the children who were suffering from diarrhoea problems. He said that due to dust and lack of hygiene, maximum patients were found with allergies and Blepharitus. He said that almost 2 to 3 percent of the people screened were found with cataract. Besides, there were also some patients who were complaining of refractive refractive capacity to refract light. refractive error a difference between the focal length of the cornea and lens, and the length of the eye, resulting in myopia or hyperopia. power, watering of the eyes squint squint: see strabismus. and some were also found with night blindness night blindness, inability to see normally in subdued light. It is usually a result of vitamin A deficiency. The rod cells, one of two light-sensitive areas of the retina of the eye, are impaired in their capacity to produce a chemical compound called rhodopsin, or . He further said that the team of Al-Shifa Trust has always remained at the forefront, whenever there is any such crisis. It is the mission of the hospital to provide free and quality medical treatment to the needy people, he added. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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