July 19, 2012: Last year more than 2,000,000 patients sought medical care at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). More than 75 per cent of these patients belonged to the middle and lower income brackets and were unable to afford the total cost of treatment – none were turned away.
AKUH provided health care to them irrespective of their socio-economic or financial background through its Patient Welfare Programme. In 2011, the Programme disbursed over PKR 440 million to patients with financial difficulties.
Working in conjunction with the Patient Welfare Programme is The Patients’ Behbud Society (PBS) for AKUH. Initiated in 2001 to meet increasing demand of the growing number of needy patients, PBS is facilitated by a group of eminent citizens and well-wishers. via Aga Khan University Hospital saving lives of needy patients with zakat support.
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