Project Report
| Jul 27, 2022
Irrum's story
By Naila Ahmed, Ayesha Mohammad | Executive. Director, Assistant Project Supervisor
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Women in rural Pakistan live hard lives, looking after large multigenerational families, suffering through early and multiple pregnancies, with little to no nutritional support for self and no downtime to look after one's own health and wellbeing.
This often results in the women putting off any health issues to the background while trying to take care of the whole household.
Irrum* was married off at a young age and by the time she was 25 had already given birth to 4 children. She started feeling lethargic and weak by her mid to late 20's but put off showing herself to a physician as she was too preoccupied with her daily routine.
By the time, she got around to showing herself to a physician she had developed wounds on her feet that were not healing, unfortunately gangarene had set in and the doctor had to remove her big toe.The Physician diagnoses was advanced stage Diabete Mellitus with an A1C of 15.4. It was obvious that long time neglect had taken it's toll, the only recourse was now to put her on insulin medications to manage the progression of the disease.
Coming from a low income family she was finding it hard to manage her finances,especially when it came to procuring medications on a regular basis. When she found out about SHINE Humanity/Garibson's clinic, she immediately enrolled herself in our Hypertention, Hyperlipidemai and Diabetes Program.
Running successfully for 18 months,this program allows patients to get expert conslutations, medications and lab testing done free of cost.Supported by our partner Husaini Trust, we have screened over 550 patients and enrolled about a 100 in our Diabetes Program. All are recieving advanced level of care at the hands of our physicians.
Your donations have made it possible for us to treat Irrrum and women like her who selflessly put their own lives at risk in order to rasie families.
We look to you for your continued support,
With Gratitude,
* name changed to preserve identity
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Feb 23, 2022
Simra's story
By naila ahmed, Ubair Umer | Executive. Director, Assistant Project Supervisor
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12 years old Simra*, the daughter of a laborer in a small town in rural Sindh, Pakistan walked into one of our Primary Health clinics in Gharo. When she went in to see the doctor, our physician did not talke long to determine that the child was presenting with classic symptoms of severe anemia. She was complaninig of severe weakness, fatigue and loss of appetite among other issues. The doctor sent her for lab work to confirm her initail diagnosis, and SImra has been advised to come for a followup after her lab results are in.
Though Simra's case maybe severe , in general iron defficency in children is a common problem. It can occur at many levels, from a mild deficiency to all the way to iron deficiency anemia - a condition is which blood does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Untreated iron deficiency can affect a child's growth and development. Unfortunately most signs of iron deficiency in children do not apppear unitl iron deficiency anemia occurs, as it was the case with Simra.
This is why we need the support of our donors so that under-served children can be diagnosed and then provided treatment at low to no cost to the patient.
With deep gratitude,
Naila Ahmed
* name changed to ensure privacy
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Oct 25, 2021
Zeenat's Story
By Naila Ahmed | Executive Director SHINE Humanity
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Zeenat B
Zeenat B*, 56, lives with her husband who is currently unemployed. She was randomly selected for Diabetes screening while she had come to our clinic for an unrelated ailment. When her Hb1Ac showed an extremely elevated level of 14.4% she was immediately enrolled into our DHHP. After further testing, she was put on medciations and advised dietary modifications. Within 3 months her HbA1c levels have improved to 8%. Zeenat is very satisfied that not only was her disease caught in time but that she is also reciving all medications and tests at little to no cost to her.
Zeenat is just one of 88 patients who till-date have been been enrolled into our Diabetes Program. This program is fulfilling a great need in a segment of the population that is totally unaware of health risks. Risks that would otherwise have been caught if the patient was living in a developed country where regular screening is a norm.
Your donations are essential for us to continue such an important program. We hope we can count on your continued support,
Thank you,
With Gratitude
*Note: Full name withheld to ensure patient privacy
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