Mission Statement:

- To provide free and subsidized medical care to the under privileged class of the society

- To eradicate traditional unhealthy medical practices from the society

- To educate the general public  about medical  care and health by  holding lectures, seminars, symposia, exhibitions, publications, news letters, journals,  video and audio etc.
 
Vision Statement:

- Be the best  in Medical health care

History:

- It all started in 1998, when a few housewives decided to iniate welfare activities aimed at attending unattended poor patients in various hospitals of Lahore. This iniative took the form of ASK Social Service. Under this name the iniative expanded the scope of activities to include Medical Camps, Vaccination programmes, Distribution of Clothes and Food during the Holy Month of Ramazan amongst the Low income population of Badami Bagh Lahore.

Initially funding came from the members personal donations. As the scope of activities increased, a need was felt to generate more funds. This was done through Organization of Fund Raising Programmes, and collection and then selling of hides of sacrificed animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

As more and more people joined this noble cause, it was finally decided to transform ASK Social Service into a formal Not for Profit Organization called Medicare Trust (Registration No. 6822) in 2000 under the Trusts Act 1882. A Board of Trustees headed by a Chairman and comprising of the major donors who are businessmen and professionals of repute in their respective areas was entrusted the task of looking after the affairs of the Trust.

A review of a study conducted by Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) of the slums in the Badami Bagh area of Lahore, as well the first hand experience of the trustees and members of the Trust revealed that this area is in dire need of proper medical care and especially maternity care of mothers and their newborn babies. This resulted in the initiation of Medicare Center and Maternity Home in the area.

Medicare Center and Maternity Home was completed in August 2005. Initially services were offered to Out Patients only. In October 2006, the services were extended to In Patients also. At the moment around 200 patients are being provided services daily from this facility. All of the patients are provided free and/or subsidized treatment, the cost of which is borne by the Trust through Donations, Zakat and Sadaqat.

Facilities:

The hospital is well equipped with the following state of the art facilities

• Operation Theater
• Pre Labor and Labor Room
• Infant Nursery
• Pediatric ICU
• X-Ray
• Diagnostic Laboratory
• Ultrasound
• ECG
• Ambulance
• Gynecology and Antenatal Clinic
• Emergency Room
• Vaccination Center
• 12 Beds
• Private Rooms

Medicare Building

Technical Support:

A panel of Advisors drawn from Medical Specialists, Doctors, Nursing, Management etc, in Pakistan provides regular technical support to the Hospital.

Dutch Volunteer Programme:

The hospital also gets regular support from Dutch Volunteers in the form of Professionally qualified and well experienced Consultants, Nurses, and Midwives who come here regularly and train our local staff in the state of the art techniques in treatment.

PUM:

PUM has played an important role in the field of international development assistance for the past 28 years, sending senior experts to more than 80 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Upon request, PUM’s experts offer their skills and experience to businesses and organisations in places where these are most needed. PUM projects are intense and generally take two till three weeks. In the course of their careers, PUM’s advisers have gained extensive experience in nearly every conceivable field. These experts are independent and work on a voluntary basis (they receive no wages). Since its establishment in 1978, PUM has become Europe’s largest ‘job agency’ for professional volunteers who wish to work in developing countries.

Affiliation with Teaching Hospitals:

Medicare Trust is in the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the leading Teaching Hospitals of Lahore. This will help pave way for access to the Consultants, and other Technical Support Staff of that Hospital as well enable us to get the services of their Trainee Doctors.

Hospital Staff:

A team of well trained Gynecologists, Pediatricians, Anesthetists, Pathologists, General Physicians, Nursing Staff, Medical Technicians, other paramedical staff and administrative staff operating under the leadership of an Administrator looks after the affairs of the Hospital. The Hospital receives regular advice from the Board of Trustee through Managing Trustee Medicare Center and Maternity Home, General Secretary Medicare Trust and members of the Trust.

Donations:

If you want to join hands with us in offering free and Subsidized Treatment of Deserving Patients with your Zakat and Sadaqat, kindly send your donations through any of the following means.