PWA’s Blood Transfusion Services was established in 1982. The department of Blood Transfusion Services has been an integral part of the services of PWA. PWA’s Voluntary Blood Bank established under Blood Transfusion Services is registered by the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA). Over the years, with the hard work and dedication, PWA’s Voluntary Blood Bank has become the largest single outlet blood bank in the country with the daily output of around 270 blood bags According to Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority (IBTA), there were 20 blood banks in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and their combined input from July 2015 to June 2016 was approximately 68000 blood bags. While in the same period, the single outlet of PWA at Dr Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi collected and processed more than 74000 blood bags. These figures not only prove the tremendous efforts of PWA toward a better society but reflect upon our main objective of serving people with the facilities that are otherwise not provided.
PWA’s Voluntary Blood Bank provides component therapy in the form of packed cells, fresh frozen plasma and platelets on exchange basis, completely free of cost. To ensure the provision of safe blood, each blood bag goes through a careful screening process, being screened for HIV I & II, Hepatitis B & C, Malaria and Syphilis in accordance with WHO guidelines. With the advancement of technology PWA has further upgraded it’s screening methodology from Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) to Chemiluminescent Immunosorbent Assay (CLIA) which further adds to quality and safety of blood provided by PWA. All of this could not have been possible without the continuous help of our generous donors who contributed in the form of blood and finance. We would never have been able to achieve such great milestones without their unquantifiable support. We hope that our generous donors and well-wishers will continue to aid us in our quest to provide the best quality of service to the people of Karachi.
Donations
PWA is forever grateful to it’s donors who help us reach milestones. Without your donations, providing our best services would have been difficult
For nearly four decades, Patients’ Welfare Association has striven to serve the destitute entering Dr Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital (Karachi) with dedication and professionalism.
Thalassemia which is affecting almost 5,000-6,000 new-borns every year in Pakistan, is an inherited disorder of impaired hemoglobin production. This is a serious threat to the patients and require proper care. The patients affected with Thalassemia require lifelong blood transfusions and medicinal therapy, which is costly. Previously working under the ‘Follow Up Clinics’ and now as a separate department, Patients’ Welfare Association, through its Thalassemia Services, is striving to lift the depressed souls who have inherited this unfortunate disorder. Since its foundation was laid, Thalassemia Daycare Center has been managing patients under the guidance of a competent hematologist for the provision of regular, screened blood transfusions, viral markers, screening, baseline investigations iron chelation therapy and other medications completely free of cost. Currently 246 registered patients (with a budget of PKR 20 million annually) are being facilitated with the aim to improve the quality of life of these patients by zero compromise on the standard of services rendered.
``Sponsor A Thalassemic`` Campaign was launched in 2011 to meet the monetary needs of treatment for our thalassemia patients, where you can sponsor any patient’s medication therapy or other facilities being provided to them by PWA. The cost is around PKR 250,000/- to 450,000/- per patient per year. We would like to thank the philanthropists, who are a major support in our cause and help us sustain the services. We request you all to join hands with PWA to bring smiles on these little faces and improve their quality of living.
Our Mission
Considering the need of the patients at Dr Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital (Karachi), three passionate students of DMC decided to establish Patients’ Welfare Association, whose aim was to serve the underprivileged patients with quality care treatments. As we feel their pain, we try our level best to serve them the facilities that they are deprived of. This basic idea of an empathy driven mission to help, is translated into our motto: “We feel. We serve.”
