KARACHI, March 27: A local NGO, Healthcare and Social Welfare Association (HASWA), in collaboration with House of Charity, run by overseas Pakistanis, handed medical and surgical supplies from USA, worth several millions, to Surgical Unit Six, Civil Hospital on Monday.

The chairman of the CHK’s governing body, Abu Shamim Arif along with DUHS vice-chancellor Prof Masood Hameed and Medical Superintendent, CHK, Dr Kaleem Butt also attended the ceremony organized to mark the occasion.

Donors from USA, Ghulam Mohamamd Bombaywala and Mrs Hashmat Effendi of the House of Charity, Houston, Texas were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, HASWA President Dr Feroz mentioned that HASWA, during the last few years, had also provided medical and surgical supplies to the NICH and the CHK.

“HASWA has also sent a number of local children with traumatic deformities for treatment in the USA in collaboration with the House of Charity,” Dr Feroz said.

Prof Saeed Qureishi of Surgical Unit Six, Civil Hospital Karachi thanked the office-bearers of the two NGOs for their donation, which he assured would go a long way to help the needy patients coming to the CHK.—APP