But when we focus on care providers-a majority of whom are women-and intentionally invest in them, our successes can reverberate beyond health to economic prosperity and national security. Too often, they lack the support and resources that they need to provide compassionate care. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of investing in health and specifically in health professionals-like the midwives in Limbe-who are not only the backbone of strong health systems but also the key to delivering health for all. The ward will also enable university faculty and practicing midwives to model, teach, and practice respectful and responsive maternal care. Through our collaboration, we have created a women-centered birth environment where expectant mothers will receive high-quality services. On 4 th November, the new Limbe Health Center Maternity Unit (LHC) will open at last. Two years ago, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) partnered with Seed Global Health to transform maternity care nationally through reinstituting our country’s first and only midwifery-led maternity ward. "She said Mumbai had been full of warmth and happiness for her and her daughter,'' said Dr Nagral.By Dr. The doctor also took Saba out for dinner at a themed restaurant inspired by Bollywood actor Salman Khan, of whom Saba is a big fan.Īccording to Dr Nagral, Nazia was glad her fears about "things being not smooth in India" did not come true. Saba is currently on two capsules a day, "but it should be stepped up to five soon,'' the doctor said.Īccording to the report, 100 capsules of the drug cost INR 84,000. She was then provided physiotherapy and the alternative drug, Trientine - which helps remove copper accumulation from the body, said Dr Nagral. At that point, she could not speak and had tremors and abnormal involuntary movements, said the report. "We spread Saba's story so far and wide that we got an American NGO, Rachel and Drew Katz Foundation, contributing INR 400,000 and a London-based NGO promising free supply of medicines,'' the reported quoted Walia as saying.Ī wheelchair-bound Saba then returned to Mumbai on August 24. The NGO then started an online crowdfunding movement in order to raise INR 1 million for a three-month treatment with an alternative medication that is not easily available in India or Pakistan. Saba returned to Karachi in May, but her condition deteriorated upon which, Saba's mother contacted Shabia Walia of Bluebells Community. "But Saba did not respond too well to the regularly prescribed medicines for Wilson's disease," TOI quoted liver specialist Dr Aabha Nagral, who has been treating the teen, as saying.ĭr Nagral added that Saba needed a change of medication, as well as physiotherapy to regain her movement. In April-May, an NGO, Bluebells Community, raised INR 700,000 from Mumbai citizens. They were extremely happy about how well the treatment worked for Saba."Īccording to the report, Saba's family was assisted financially for her treatment twice between April and October, 2015. TOI quoted Jaslok hospital CEO Dr Taran Gainchandani as saying: "Saba and her mother, Nazia, boarded an afternoon flight for Karachi. Saba Tariq Ahmed, a 15-year-old Karachi resident, returned home along with her mother Nazia, after undergoing treatment for the disorder - that results in poisonous accumulation of copper in the body - at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. MUMBAI: As tensions between India and Pakistan run high and leaders from either side lock horns over a range of political differences, a rare act of kindness from across the border might have changed a Pakistani girl's life forever.Īn Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO) has raised almost Indian Rs1.3 million in funds for the treatment of a young Pakistani girl, who suffers from Wilson's disease - a rare genetic disorder, said a report published on The Time of India.
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