ERC Inaugurates Expansion Of Sheikh Zayed Hospital For Women In Sindh, Pakistan

The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has inaugurated the expanded Sheikh Zayed Hospital for Women in Larkana, Sindh Province, Pakistan. This initiative is part of the UAE's broader efforts to enhance healthcare infrastructure and support developmental sectors in Pakistan. The expansion aims to provide advanced medical services and extend the hospital's reach.

The expansion increases the hospital's capacity to 200 beds and introduces a surgical complex with four operating rooms, a 15-bed recovery unit, and a medical training unit. Additionally, a medical emergency centre comprising six units has been established, equipped to handle emergency cases, ultrasound examinations, and electrocardiography tests.

A new diagnostics centre has also been added, featuring a laboratory, endoscopy department, medical fitness area, and vaccination rooms. The hospital's sewage system and infrastructure have been updated, and old medical equipment has been replaced with modern alternatives.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by an ERC delegation led by Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, Secretary-General of the ERC. Other notable attendees included Fahad Abdulrahman bin Sultan, ERC Deputy Secretary-General for Development and International Cooperation; Obaid Al Balushi, Director of the Relief and Disaster Preparedness Department at ERC; and Dr. Bakheet Ateeq Al Remeithi, Consul-General of the UAE in Karachi.

Al Mansouri highlighted that the ERC’s projects in Pakistan have received close attention from its senior leadership. He emphasised the organisation’s commitment to developing projects aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable groups.

Commitment to Healthcare

Al Remeithi stated that the hospital’s expansion reflects the UAE’s commitment to supporting developmental and humanitarian initiatives in Pakistan through its humanitarian arm, the ERC. The hospital has been a prominent medical landmark in the region for five decades.

The Sheikh Zayed Hospital for Women was established on 12th March 1974. It has provided medical services annually to approximately 500,000 people in the region for fifty years without interruption and handles 120,000 childbirth cases each year.

With inputs from WAM