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Hospitals In Gilgit
Gilgit Eye Hospital
Gilgit Eye Hospital is dedicated to providing quality ophthalmological care that is affordable, GEH has focused on treating the causes of avoidable blindness. The main causes of such blindness in the Northern Areas are cataract, glaucoma and trachoma. With the support of many individuals and several charitable organizations, GEH has been able to provide some of the latest technology for people in a very remote area of the world.
For example, our standard treatment for cataract is an ECCE procedure with insertion of an Intra Ocular lens. Most cataract patients who present for surgery here have white cataracts and a vision of less than 6/60 (20/200). After surgery most see better than 6/18 (20/60). We do this for a cost of 1500Rs (25 USD) which is affordable for most our patients. As we are especially concerned about our poorer patients, we have never turned anyone away for the inability to pay and do roughly 10% of our surgeries on a charity basis.
The Gilgit Blind School aims to empower local blind people with the skills they need to become active participants in their communities. Currently, two areas are emphasized.
On the more scholastic side, GBS is teaching their students Urdu Braille and simple math. On the more practical side, we are also teaching mobility and vocational skills.
To date, our students have made cement tiles for sidewalks, hotel courtyards etc.,. candles, and are practicing weaving caned chairs. We also provide recreational opportunities for our blind students that include cricket, swimming and local outings. On the grounds, we have a small hotel for those students who do not have a place to stay near Gilgit. We currently have four students.
Hospital Services
- Refraction
- Optical Workshop: spectacles with fashionable frames, bifocals, photo-gray or white glass lens, plastic lens. Contact lens services not available currently
- Slit lamp biomicroscopy with tonometery, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy
- A scan Ultrasound and keratometry for accurate IOL calculation
- Fully stocked pharmacy
- YAG laser
- Up to date Medical Library
- Records of patients are kept in the hospital for ongoing review and research.
- Extensive Surgical services including ECCE with IOL (almost all cataract extractions get IOL's), filtration surgery for glaucoma, lid surgery for trichiasis, phacoemulsification, . Currently all procedures done under local or regional anesthesia. No DCR's are done.
Aga Khan Hospital
The Aga Khan Hospital in Gilgit is under construction. In Karachi, 21 October 2000 Sir Aga Khan made announcement to foundation of the Aga Khan Hospital in Gilgit.
"I have made a commitment to develop a hospital in Gilgit that will perform a similar bridging function between the Faculty of Health Sciences, the University Hospital and rural health centers with the assistance of the Aga Khan Health Services. I am convinced that this new pattern will magnify the impact of the resources of AKU throughout important regions of the country. "
Family Health Hospital Gilgit is a development project of the Family Planning Association of Pakistan, (RAHNUMA) established under the Northern Health Programme (NHP) with financial and technical assistance of KfW, Germany. Origin of the FHH, Gilgit dates back to 1986, when FPAP launched a Community Based Family Planning services program in the Northern Areas with establishment of a small clinic known as “Model Clinic” in July 1986 initially linked with 13 Community Workers known as “Health Guards”. As a result of the commitment of FPAP towards the Program of action (PoA) of the ICPD 1994 the Family Health Hospital Gilgit shifted its services from family planning to comprehensive Reproductive Health Services.
Goals
The long-term Goals of the FHH/Gilgit have designed, keeping in view
overall development goals of the Government and felt needs of the people
of the area for quality Family Health Services. These are:
1 To improve the health status of the people of Northern Areas
through an expanded & sustainable Family Health Program with focus on
Reproductive Health & Family Planning services with close partnership
with public & private sectors and civil society organizations.
2 To improve the reproductive health status and quality of life of
mothers, children and families in Northern Areas, particularly with
regard to safe motherhood (safe pregnancies and aseptic deliveries),
planned pregnancies birth spacing, RTIs, STIs prevention and effective
management.
3 To promote Safe Motherhood Initiative in Northern Areas, which seeks
to reduce maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR)
through integration of reproductive health/family planning with mother &
child health services.
Services & Facilities
1 Emergency
2 Outpatient
3 Promote on safe motherhood & child survival
4 Complete range of contraceptive services {conventional, clinical &
surgical}
5 Reproductive Health Extension Services
6 Paediatrics Medical/Surgical Service
7 General Medicine
8 General Surgery
9 Indoor services (24 hours)
10 Maternity services & minor/major Gynaecological Surgery Services
11 Laboratory
12 Ultrasonography (morning & evening)
13 Immunization (free immunization to mother & child)
14 Pharmacy
15 Training Facilities
16 Youth Help Line free counseling call now 05811
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