Team Pakistan

Real Medicine’s presence in Pakistan began in October of 2005, after a massive earthquake struck the Northern region of the country, 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. Since the program’s inception, three different medical outreach programs have been carried out to reach both earthquake and subsequent flooding victims and we now have a locally staffed permanent clinic operating in Talahatta, a collaboration between RMF and the Pakistani based Hashoo Foundation.

The clinic is currently the only comprehensive health care solution for the many surrounding communities in this region of Mansehra and operates 24/7 with a full time staff of 1 Doctor, 2 Nurses, 1 Nurse Assistant, 1 Medical Technician and a 4X4 equipped ambulance for emergencies and house calls. Sometimes seeing as many as 200 patients a day, more than 20,000 patients were diagnosed and treated in 2009. The clinic and its local staff have over the course of 4 years built a deep level of trust with the local population and become a vital part of their community. Beyond treating the immediate health care issues the clinic also engages in community health education outreach and focuses on educating the locals in the prevention of various communicable conditions and the recognition of symptoms for such common ailments as pneumonia.

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Team Pakistan Members
Rubina Mumtaz, DDS, MPH Rubina Mumtaz was born in Nairobi, Kenya to immigrant Pakistani parents (her mother is from Kashmir). She moved to Pakistan after high school, graduated with honors cum lauda from Khyber College of...
Dr. Zahoor Uddin Dr. Zahoor Uddin is our Project Coordinator and Supervising Physician for our clinic in Balakot and all of our flood relief efforts across the country. He has been with RMF since the inception of...
Dr. Mohammed Imran, MBBS, MPH, MScDr Mohammed Imran graduated from Rawalpindi Medical College, dabbled in clinical practice for a couple of years before finding his niche in Public Health after getting his MPH from the Health...
Dr. Amin-ud-din, MBBSDr Amin-ud-din graduated from Ayub Medical College, Abbotabad, KPK Province. After his internship at Galani Teaching Hospital in the same city, he yearned to put his skills for the betterment of the...
Mr. Nazar KarimMr Nazar Karim holds a diploma in Medical Technology from Karachi University following which he worked for Focus Humanitarian Assistance in the Afghan Transit Center Karachi for two years. When the...
Ms. Razia BibiMs Razia Bibi obtained her diploma in LHV from Peshawar University and began her career at Shifa Hospital, a high end tertiary care medical complex based in the capital city of Islamabad. When the...
Ms. Nargis BibiMs Nargis Bibi graduated in the same batch of the LHV course as Ms Razia. Immediately post graduation, Nargis worked part-time at a hospice in her neighborhood but following the earthquake, she...
Mr. Muhammed ShafiMr Muhammed Shafi graduated from Mansehra College for Boys and found his first job at the THQ hospital in Mansehra. He was present at the time of the earthquake and joined Hashoo Foundation as a...
Mr. Abdulla MananMr Abdulla Manan is originally from Azad Jammu Kashmir and came to Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad to obtain his Masters in International Relations. He began his career as an intern at OXFAM...
Dr. Aziz Ahmed, MBBSDr Aziz Ahmed graduated from the prestigious Rawalpindi Medical College and did his early internship at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. A year later, he opted to go back to...
Mr. Mohammed Anwar-ul-HaqMr Mohammed Anwar-ul-Haq graduated from Malakand University of Swat with a diploma in Health Technology. He worked for two years in the Teaching Hospital of Saidu Sharif in Swat. Following the...
Ms. Nazia BegumMs Nazia Begum has received all her education from Peshawar University. She began her career with a one year contact in the Sarhad Rural Support Program in Peshawar and a six month stint with the...
Mr. Ishfaq AhmedMr Ishfaq Ahmed is a young graduate with a diploma in Health Technology from Peshawar University. Originally from Swat, his family migrated to Peshawar due to the Taliban invasion of Swat. He...
Mr. Mohammed JahanghirMr Mohammed Jahanghir has a diploma in Graphic Design. He began his career as an intern with Cyber City Online Islamabad for the first year following which he joined Opal Advertising for the next two...
Dr. Geet ChainaniDr. Geet Chainani is the President and Co-Founder of Life Bridge US, a registered nonprofit organization in the United States and the Country Director of Life Bridge Pakistan Trust, registered under...
Dr. Munir Ahmed Jamali, M.B.B.SDr. Jamali is a Medical Officer in charge of the mobile health unit of Life Bridge. He earned his degree from Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana in 1996. He then completed a General Practice...
Mehboob AliMr. Ali is a certified Dispenser working in the mobile health unit for Life Bridge. He has completed his Intermediate in Science from Johi, Dadu. He has 5 years of experience as a Senior Dispenser at...
Ms. Imtiyaz HussainMs. Hussain is a certified L.H.W. working in the mobile health unit for Life Bridge. After training under the national lady health worker program, Ms. Imtiyaz continued working with the Ministry of...
Mr. Murtaza HaiderMr. Haider holds a Masters degree in Mass Communications from the University of Karachi. He’s currently working as Life Bridge’s Administrative Coordinator and reports directly to the...
Mr. Sabha SafeerMr. Safeer is Project Coordinator for the mobile health unit at Life Bridge. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree from the Govt. College of Commerce & Economics. Mr. Safeer is responsible for...
Omar Amir, MPH, MD(c) Omar Amir is from Karachi, Pakistan. He studied at Dartmouth College on scholarship where he was a national Beckman scholar for research in Organometallic Chemistry. In Pakistan, he worked with War...
Jalal Rajabali MSc, BSc Jalal Rajabali MSc, BSc, is a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and a Software Engineer professional.He has been an active volunteer with Webcor Alto Velo in the San Francisco Bay area....
Giorgio Pietramaggiori, MD Giorgio Pietramaggiori, MD is from Modena, Italy. He studied at Italy's most prestigious medical school, the University of Padua, where he earned his medical degree cum laude. Giorgio is a post...
Jochen Hahne, MD Jochen Hahne, MD is from Munich. He studied at the universities of Münster and Munich in Germany and also at the university of Padova in Italy. He is a research fellow in Orthopedic Surgery at...