Clubfeet patient get clinic in LRH
Will help cure rising number of babies with congenital deformity
Will help cure rising number of babies with congenital deformity. PHOTO COURTESY: Professor Anisuddin Bhatti of JPMC
PESHAWAR:
With the rising number of babies with congenital deformity of the foot caused by the abnormal development of a baby’s bones, Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), in collaboration with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has established clubfoot clinic.
The clubfoot clinic will provide treatment using Ponseti method as an evidenced base treatment with 95 per cent curable and preventing disability rate, read a statement issued by LRH media section.
ICRC Peshawar Sub Delegation head Patrick Vilayleck, while talking on the occasion, said that the clinic started services in August and 36 children were currently being treated.
Half of the children being treated at the clinic were less than one month of age, he said.
“Supporting health sector is in line with ICRC’s delegation’s strategy,” Yasin Kamran ICRC spokesperson in the provincial capital told the media adding “hundreds of patients with such disability across K-P will get benefits of the clinic.”
Hospital Director Dr Khalid Masud stated that there was a dire need of such a facility at LRH keeping in view the rising number patients with such deformity and appreciated ICRC’s support in establishment of the clinic the clinic second of its kind at public sector hospital across the province.
ICRC started offering services for such patients in 2012 and the first clinic was established at Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS) Peshawar followed by a second one in Muzaffarabad Rehabilitation Centre. Around 4,980 children have received treatment at the ICRC supported centres across Pakistan since 2012.
The clinic at LRH was inaugurated by social worker Tariq Nishtar where LRH Board of Governors Chairman Dr Nousherwan Burki, Medical Director Dr Mukhtiar Zaman, Hospital Director Dr Khalid Masud besides ICRC Peshawar Sub Delegation head Patrick Vilayleck were also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2017.
With the rising number of babies with congenital deformity of the foot caused by the abnormal development of a baby’s bones, Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), in collaboration with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has established clubfoot clinic.
The clubfoot clinic will provide treatment using Ponseti method as an evidenced base treatment with 95 per cent curable and preventing disability rate, read a statement issued by LRH media section.
ICRC Peshawar Sub Delegation head Patrick Vilayleck, while talking on the occasion, said that the clinic started services in August and 36 children were currently being treated.
Half of the children being treated at the clinic were less than one month of age, he said.
“Supporting health sector is in line with ICRC’s delegation’s strategy,” Yasin Kamran ICRC spokesperson in the provincial capital told the media adding “hundreds of patients with such disability across K-P will get benefits of the clinic.”
Hospital Director Dr Khalid Masud stated that there was a dire need of such a facility at LRH keeping in view the rising number patients with such deformity and appreciated ICRC’s support in establishment of the clinic the clinic second of its kind at public sector hospital across the province.
ICRC started offering services for such patients in 2012 and the first clinic was established at Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS) Peshawar followed by a second one in Muzaffarabad Rehabilitation Centre. Around 4,980 children have received treatment at the ICRC supported centres across Pakistan since 2012.
The clinic at LRH was inaugurated by social worker Tariq Nishtar where LRH Board of Governors Chairman Dr Nousherwan Burki, Medical Director Dr Mukhtiar Zaman, Hospital Director Dr Khalid Masud besides ICRC Peshawar Sub Delegation head Patrick Vilayleck were also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 16th, 2017.