OGDCL-Fatimid to establish Thalassemia centre in DI Khan

The company has signed an agreement with Fatimid Foundation to establish a facility in DI Khan for CSR initiative

ISLAMABAD:

The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) is establishing a modern health-care facility in Dera Ismail Khan to serve the patients suffering from Thalassemia, Hemophilia and other genetic blood disorders.

For the purpose, the company has recently signed an agreement with Fatimid Foundation to establish a healthcare facility in DI Khan in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

“The proposed OGDCL- Fatimid Centre Dera Ismail Khan for the people of southern districts of K-P, is another feather in the cap of OGDCL,” official sources told APP.

They said construction of the centre would be completed in approximately 18 months. Following which it would start serving more than 7,000 patients suffering from blood disorders, according to the data collected from various hospitals of the southern districts of K-P.

The OGDCL-Fatimid, a first class Hematological Centre equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, would provide all possible health-care to the marginalized communities having patients of Thalassemia and Hemophilia.

After the centre was made operational, the sources said, the patients would get quality treatment for which earlier they had to travel to Peshawar.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9^th, 2022.