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$225K Raised for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in Pakistan
11-22-2022
On Sunday November 20th the Vancouver chapter of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital committee organized a fundraiser for their upcoming third Cancer hsopital under the banner of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is the brainchild of Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup winning captain and the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Khan. The inspiration to build the Hospital came after his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum, succumbed to cancer in 1985.
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre opened its doors to patients on December 29, 1994. Setting a new trend in Pakistan, the Hospital was not inaugurated by a VIP but by a ten-year-old cancer patient.
The Lahore hospital has gone from strength to strength, establishing a reputation for clinical excellence, and for research, and was awarded JCI accreditation in 2018. Consistently, the hospital has continued to treat more than 75% of all cancer patients seen completely free of charge.
Construction commenced in 2012 for the second hospital of the Trust in Peshawar. which was inaugurated in Peshawar on the 29th of December, 2015. Maintaining the traditions of clinical quality established in Lahore, SKMCH&RC, Peshawar was also awarded JCI accreditation, in July 2019.
The Trust has started construction of Pakistan’s third, and largest, SKMCH&RC, in Karachi, in September 2020. This three year project, to be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 13 billion is expected to open for patients in late 2023, and will provide state-of-the-art cancer care facilities not only to the people of Karachi, and all of Sind, but also to those of Southern Baluchistan.
Over 450 people attended the event and about $255k was raised.
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