Timely donation: Malala helps get crucial equipment for STH

London’s Royal Society of Medicine spends Rs2.5 million on the apparatus

MINGORA: Through Malala Yousafzai, the Royal Society of Medicine in London donated medical equipment worth Rs2.5 million to Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH). The equipment was handed over to the hospital by Global Peace Council Pakistan (GPCP) on Thursday.

GPCP President Ahmad Shah said the council approached Malala Yousafzai and asked her to help overcome the shortage of medical equipment at STH. She subsequently discussed the matter with the Royal Society of Medicine, which approved funding for the equipment.



“Today we are happy the equipment was handed to the hospital administration; it will undoubtedly benefit the people of Swat,” Shah told The Express Tribune.

Swat Deputy Commissioner Mahmood Aslam Wazir, who was also present on the occasion, thanked the GPCP and the Royal Society of Medicine for the donation. “This was equipment that the hospital needed and I hope local humanitarian organisations will follow in the footsteps of these foreign donors.”

The hospital administration also expressed its gratitude to the London-based society and the girls’ education activist for the help. STH Medical Superintendent Sadiqur Rehman said GPCP officials first approached the hospital and asked about its requirements, adding this was the best way to go about things.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26^th, 2014.