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Patients Helping Hands or PHH is a non-political, non-sectarian, non-governmental organization run by the students of Sindh Medical College, a constituent of Jinnah Sindh Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan. The NGO aims to remove the financial burden associated with healthcare from the patients that frequent the three hospitals affiliated with the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, namely; The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and the National Institute of Child Health (NICH). JPMC, NICVD and NICH being the largest government run hospitals are also the most sought after hospitals by the lower socioeconomic strata of the public. They cater to thousands of indigent patients daily who hail from the most underdeveloped parts of Karachi to the rural areas of interior Sindh and Balochistan. The need for a social welfare organization that should step in to help bridge the gap between poverty and an increasingly expensive healthcare management thus, cannot be over emphasized. Aside from the general charity, sponsors and regular donors of PHH, the NGO derives its donations and zakat from fund-raisers in schools and universities. PHH has also run fund-raising campaigns in shopping malls and residential areas and has had stalls set up at carnivals. Patients Helping Hands acknowledges its volunteers and members as the backbone of the organization. The volunteers and members serve in different departments as per their expertise or interest hence carrying out the various tasks in the functioning and maintenance of the organization. Convinced, that goodwill along with sincere determination to help the destitute, PHH calls out to all with their motto- "Lend a hand to make a difference". == History == The idea was conceived by 12 compassionate and determined individuals on 23 May 2011. Their objective was to make a difference for the needy patients that all SMC students encounter in their clinical rotations every day. Their idea allowed students of the Sindh Medical College a chance to partake in welfare work providing them an opportunity to satisfy their conscience alongside their medical studies. Patients Helping Hands was registered as an N.G.O (Non-Governmental Organization) on June 17, 2011 with the City District Government Karachi. The first membership drive ended on June 30, 2011, and the response from the students of Sindh Medical College was overwhelming. The second membership drive ended on January 31, 2012. The third membership drive ended on 8 June 2013. The fourth membership drive ended on 27 November 2013. At this moment there are more than 150 members and countless volunteers working under the PHH umbrella for patient welfare. The drug bank was initiated with an initial set up of only five disposables being offered on 4 October 2011. This was expanded to include 22 kinds of medical disposable supplies and an anti-biotic, Vancomycin, on 5 January 2012. Now this drug store fulfills all medical disposable needs and provides ten anti-biotics free of charge to the patients of NICH. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patients Helping Hands Welfare Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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