Our Mission
PWS is committed to making the lives of kidney patients better in Pakistan.
Why is there a need for awareness of kidney diseases?
Pakistan is amongst those countries where kidney diseases are spreading at a fast pace. Currently, 17 million Pakistanis are suffering from kidney diseases. Out of these, the majority can’t afford proper treatment and this leads to more complications. This increasing number of kidney patients is due to a lack of awareness and inaccessibility to diagnosis and treatment due to financial constraints and lack of kidney hospitals in Pakistan.
PWS has stepped forward to spread awareness about kidney diseases and provide modern facilities to kidney patients, especially in marginalized areas of Pakistan. By sponsoring the awareness campaigns, we are aiming to protect people who are at risk of developing kidney diseases due to genetic or other health factors.
Our Mission - Healthier Pakistan
Awareness about kidney diseases, quick diagnosis, and proper treatment will lead to a healthier Pakistan. We are striving for quality medical facilities in marginalized areas to help underprivileged kidney patients.
Sponsored free medical camps
Funded awareness campaigns for kidney diseases and how to prevent them
Provided grants for modern equipment and facilities for kidney patients
Provided imported machines and equipment for dialysis.
Awareness for prevention
Spreading awareness about kidney diseases will lead to prevention. People at risk will know how to prevent kidney disease with access to modern health facilities.
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Modern diagnostics to save lives
Many kidney patients are diagnosed when the illness reaches its chronic stage. This is because of a lack of access to a quick and accurate diagnosis. PWS is committed to saving lives by providing diagnostic facilities to those who can’t afford them.
Reaching suburbs to facilitate kidney patients
There are very few kidney hospitals in Pakistan and almost no health facilities in the suburbs. So by free medical camps, we can reach the kidney patients in the outskirts and facilitate them.
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Treating chronic diseases to improve the quality of life
Providing treatment facilities to patients suffering from chronic kidney diseases can help them live a better life with access to dialysis and other possible treatments and medication.
Access to modern health facilities changes lives
Basic health facilities are the right of every citizen. But when many people can’t reach hospitals or get proper treatment, they can suffer from chronic diseases that can’t be cured. So, it’s vital to provide everyone with health facilities and access to hospitals. PWS is committed to providing health facilities to underprivileged patients. These health facilities include awareness about the disease, accurate diagnosis, proper treatment, and follow up. All these facilities can be provided with the help of well-equipped hospitals and trained specialists and staff. These medical facilities can help people live a better life, even with chronic stage illnesses.
How are we addressing this issue?
PWS has collaborated with Pakistan Kidney Center (PKC) located in Abbottabad. This collaboration has helped many kidney patients as PKC is providing diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, free of cost. With the help of PWS, 70% of patients are being treated without charging a penny. Access to proper diagnosis and treatment has benefited thousands of kidney patients and those who are at risk of developing kidney diseases. PWC has provided all sorts of help and support to PKC in order to facilitate kidney patients.
How many patients are treated in PKC free of cost?
70-75% of patients are treated free of cost. PWS provides grants and funds to look after the patients. Patients are evaluated, diagnosed, and treated without charging anything. We always welcome our generous donors to support this cause.
What health facilities PKC offers?
At PKC, we are committed to delivering top-quality healthcare services to our patients. Our specialist services include nephrology, urology, endourology, laparoscopic urology, and multimodal kidney stone management. Our team of specialists is dedicated to providing the highest level of care and expertise in these fields.
Dialysis facilities
At PKC, we specialize in offering haemodialysis services. With our 20 dialysis machines, we are able to provide essential treatments to our patients in need. We offer free dialysis services to those who cannot afford it. Patients receive the required dialysis sessions, typically two to three times a week.
PKC Journey
Welcomed a clinical fellow in Urology, who began their term in September 2023, further enhancing our expertise and knowledge in the field.
Day surgery unit was established in November, 2020, with modern modular operation theatre.
A VVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula) workshop was conducted on October 16, 2022.
Organized a Live Operative workshop on flexible ureteroscopy and Laser stone fragmentation on November 16, 2021, led by Dr. Aasem Masood Chaudry, a trustee at PKC.
PKC Journey
AVF (Arteriovenous Fistula) vascular access service started in June 2021 and has been provided regularly since December 11, 2022.
Laparoscopic urologic surgery services were initiated on May 14, 2023.
A Litho Laser machine worth £25,000 was donated by PWS UK donors on May 29, 2021.
Accredited as a training center by the Societe Internationale d’urologie (SIU) from May 2022 to May 2027.
PKC Journey
An advanced shock wave lithotripter worth 130,000 Euros was acquired in August 2022.
The Lithotripsy Unit, dedicated to Kidney Stone Management, was inaugurated on August 14, 2022, coinciding with the 75th Independence Day. The unit offers multimodality treatment for kidney stones, including Litho Laser endourology, shock-wave lithotripsy, and Ultra Sound lithotripsy.
Conducted a workshop on Laser endourology on March 28, 2021.
