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Another life saved by The Garage School

developer — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:34:25 +0000

After being rejected at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, for his open heart surgery, Asad Aurangzaib from Abbottabad got to know about The Garage School. He came to Karachi and during the medical checkup of The Garage School admission procedure, Mrs. Shabina got to know about his heart’s condition. She took up this challenge as this were her own child and managed to get his surgery done at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, on the 12th of September, 2011. Asad has now recovered and he cannot thank Mrs. Shabina Mustafa enough for all that she has done for him.

Dental checkup of the children

Shabina Mustafa — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:43:39 +0000

On 4th and 5th December, 2007, Dr. Amir And Dr. Ali came from Dr. Sarwath’s dental clinic for the annual checkup of the garage school children. All of them got to have their teeth checked out for any problems.

Measles Vaccinations

Mahera Omar — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:15:05 +0000

On 16th November, 2007 four staff members came from the immunization department of UNICEF to give measles vaccination to 130 children at the Garage School.

I was astonished and shocked by the way they administered the injections. It was as if they were dealing with a herd of animals. The poor kids cried and some who looked anxiously at the bananas got pacified. They were pricking the needles into the children at a great speed!

Their packet of cotton wool was open and not well covered. It wasn’t a hygienic procedure at all. I wondered if they even washed their hands or wiped the kids’ arms with a swab.

Maybe they were in a hurry to cover a lot of schools in a limited time and were going to the low status areas first.

I really expected more from the UNICEF but was disappointed.

Anyway, good, bad, or indifferent, UNICEF was caring for the health of the underprivileged, and I hope and pray that they continue to do so for all other immunizations, e.g hepatitis, typhoid, etc.

I hope someone can come and spray these areas to get rid of the flies and mosquitoes as well. Wishful thinking!