June 01, 2012 20:26 PM

Mercy Malaysia Donates Dialysis Machine To Pakistan Hospital

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy Malaysia) donated a dialysis machine worth RM48,000 (USD$15,000) to Mirpukhas Civil Hospital in Pakistan Thursday, as part of its efforts to help reconstruct and rehabilitate health centres.

Mercy Malaysia vice-president Norazam Ab Samah said the Malaysian consul-general in Karachi, Abu Bakar Mamat, handed over the machine to the hospital's head of dialysis centre, Dr Tariq Arain.

"We also plan to rehabilitate a rural health centre in Tando Jan Muhammad, an area near Mirpurkhas," Norazam, who was present at the ceremony, said in a statement.

He said local contractors would be evaluated and selected by Mercy Malaysia's technical consultant for the tender process and provide technical consultation for the project during the entire recontruction period. Norazam said the Malaysian Government had donated RM3 million (about USD$1 million), to be utilised by Mercy Malaysia, for various projects in Sindh to alleviate the burden faced by the people there.

He said two mobile clinics set up in March, in collaboration with a local organisation, had so far provided consultation to more than 21,000 people.

In addition, Mercy Malaysia had distributed hygiene kits to more than 1,500 families this year, and begun projects of installing latrines, hand pumps and water filtration systems in villages in Sindh, said Norazam.

-- BERNAMA

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