MERCY Malaysia Hands Over Dialysis Machine to Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital in Pakistan

KUALA LUMPUR – Efforts to reconstruct and rehabilitate health centres in flood hit Pakistan by MERCY Malaysia has been spurred with the donation of a dialysis machine to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Civil Hospital in Mirpurkhas.

The Consul General of Malaysia to Karachi, Abu Bakar Mamat handed over the dialysis machine to the hospital’s Head of Dialysis Centre, Dr. Tariq Arain at a ceremony held at the hospital yesterday.

Norazam Ab Samah, MERCY Malaysia Vice President II, who was in attendance to witness the handover said, “MERCY Malaysia is certainly pleased to be able to provide help to the people of Sindh. We will also be rehabilitating a Rural Health Centre in Tando Jan Muhammad as part of our plans. Local contractors will be evaluated and selected by MERCY Malaysia’s technical consultant for the tender process and we will also provide technical consultation for the project during the whole reconstruction period.”

Pakistan was hit by severe flooding late last year following heavy monsoon rains that affected the livelihood of approximately 9 million people mostly in the Sindh province and northern parts of Punjab. In response, MERCY Malaysia sent a team in October 2011 and distributed 500 family hygiene kits. Earlier this year MERCY Malaysia deployed an assessment team and subsequently initiated several health and hygiene projects with donations from the Malaysian Government.

Two mobile clinics have been set up since March, providing primary healthcare to beneficiaries in the flood hit areas. The clinics, set up in collaboration with a local organisation, have so far provided consultations to more than 21,000 individuals.

MERCY Malaysia has also distributed hygiene kits to more than 1,500 families this year and has begun projects of installing latrines, hand-pumps and water filtration systems to villages in the Sindh province.

Concerned individuals and organisations can donate to the MERCY Malaysia Fund through the following bank accounts:

MAYBANK (account name: MERCY HUMANITARIAN FUND, account number: 5621-7950-4126, ABA Swift Code: MBBEMYKLA), or

CIMB Bank (account name: MERCY Malaysia, account number: 1424-000-6561053, ABA Swift Code: CIBBMYKL).

Donations via cheque are payable to MERCY MALAYSIA

To donate online, please visit www.mercy.org.my

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About MERCY Malaysia

MERCY Malaysia is a non-profit organisation focusing on providing medical relief, sustainable health related development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities in both crisis and noncrisis situations. MERCY Malaysia recognises the value of working with partners and volunteers as well as providing opportunities for individuals to serve with professionalism. We uphold the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief and hold ourselves accountable to our donors and beneficiaries. As a non-profit organisation, MERCY Malaysia relies solely on funding and donations from organisations and generous individuals to continue our services to provide humanitarian assistance to our beneficiaries.