Healthcare Project, Union Council Talhatta, Balakot Tehsil, District Mansehra, Pakistan (Completed)

In October of 2005 a massive earthquake struck Northern Pakistan, killing more than 80,000 people and causing devastation on an unprecedented scale. Many in the remote Himalayan valleys of this region were left without access to shelter, food and healthcare.
The Real Medicine Foundation arrived shortly after participating in the immediate relief efforts in the worst hit mountainous regions, with the longer term mission of setting up a permanent and sustainable clinic to assist the underserved population of this area.
Four years later, there is now a locally staffed permanent clinic operating in Talhatta, a collaboration between RMF and the Pakistani based Hashoo Foundation. 

Initiative Updates

January 24, 2006
Omar Amir of Real Medicine and Dr. Nasrullah, our new doctor, traveled to Jabri to initiate the primary healthcare project designed by Real Medicine/HOAP. A team comprising Omar Amir, Dr. Nasrullah and HOAP volunteers climbed up the mountains on...
January 20, 2006
Meet the doctor: The Real Medicine Foundation has hired a doctor for the medical camp at Jabri. Dr. Nasrullah, our new doctor, is a general practitioner with experience in orthopedics and surgery. Prior to this assignment, he worked for 2 years...
January 18, 2006
For the week of Jan 6-Jan 13, I did a current needs assessment of the cases in Jabri. This involved preparing a reporting form for the various cases we were seeing per week, instructing the dispenser to use it correctly and putting a system into...
January 10, 2006
After seeing the situation worsen over the last 2 weeks, the Real Medicine team, in partnership with the HOAP Foundation, has conceptualized a rudimentary health care system that will be centered at Jabri and will serve both the acute and long...