Build Karachi Hospital This Ramadan

The countdown is on! This Ramadan, give a little Sadaqah Jariyah to a big cause with perpetual blessings, and support cancer patients in Pakistan’s largest city. Ready to get involved? Take a trip down memory lane with an uplifting message from our video archive. Keep scrolling to see the incredible progress you, our valued donors, have made since our founder broke ground in 2016.

 
This year, as Shaukat Khanum Hospitals celebrate 30 years of service, our founder is unable to make an appeal to mark this significant milestone. In his absence, we hope you will continue to support our patients with your Sadaqah Jariyah and move us a step closer to opening a new hospital in Karachi.

Ramadan Giving: Bringing Karachi Hospital Closer To Completion

Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said, “Verily, the believers are like a structure, each part strengthening the other,” and the Prophet clasped his fingers together. (al-Bukhari)

After launching Pakistan’s first cancer hospital in Lahore in December 1994, our donors helped bring essential services to Karachi, the country’s largest city. In 2010 we opened a Diagnostic Centre and Clinic offering radiology services, pharmacy services and oncology services to support local cancer patients. We soon found ourselves unable to cope with demand and decided to build a new hospital to better serve the area.

At one million square feet, Shaukat Khanum Karachi will be double the size of the first hospital in Lahore. It will feature 47 outpatient examination rooms, a 69-bed chemotherapy facility, 288 inpatient beds, 16 operation theatres, and 24 intensive care beds. The hospital will be fitted with the latest cutting-edge technology, such as advanced diagnostic facilities and innovative treatment planning and delivery systems.

Thanks to your support, a Walk-in Clinic is already up and running at the site, improving local screening and triaging. In the last 12 months, your contributions have also achieved the following:

• Major equipment including air handling units, cooling towers, chillers, fan coil units, transformers and diesel generators delivered to the site
• Roof insulation and waterproofing works for the administration building completed
• Floor works of the Main Hospital Building are in progress
• Building Management Systems works are in progress

This Ramadan, please give what you can to help us reach the finish line.

Expanding Cancer Support In The City of Lights

With oral cancer rates among the highest in the world and a rising incidence of gastrointestinal cancer, there is an urgent need for a specialist hospital in Karachi – the City of Lights. Karachi is the capital of the Sindh province and Pakistan’s largest, most populated city. Poverty is a key characteristic with 40% of people surviving on less than 80 pence a day and 75% of those living in surrounding settlements and rural areas facing similar levels of scarcity. In these desperate times, crime is rampant, and human life has little value; it is not uncommon for parents to abandon their children and for the sick to perish, untended.

The new hospital will offer free, high-quality care to 75% of patients with limited means, bringing renewed hope to those most in need.

Sadaqah Jariyah: A Legacy Of Hope For Generations

“When a man dies, his good deeds come to an end except for three things: Sadaqah Jariyah [ceaseless charity]; a knowledge which [he has passed on and] is beneficial; or a virtuous descendant who prays for him.” (Muslim)

Early donors who supported our first hospital in Lahore continue to reap the rewards of their Sadaqah Jariyah in this life and the hereafter. Join us in celebrating 30 years of their good deeds while earning rewards of your own in Karachi.

Many of us can’t afford to give much this year. That’s why we’re coming together to give what we can towards a big cause with perpetual blessings.

This Ramadan, unite with millions of others and become part of something special.

How To Support Karachi Hospital As A Founding Member

If you can afford to give more, supporting Karachi Hospital as a founding member offers a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy. Your name will be permanently engraved on the founding member monument at the hospital, inspiring others to join the cause.

The starting Sadaqah Jariyah donation for founding members is £4,000, which can be made on behalf of yourself or a loved one, living or deceased. When deciding on the name to display, please note that we can accommodate up to 20 characters, including spaces.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, please call us at +44 (0)1274 424 444 or email [email protected].