Physical Health Afghanistan Project #43084

Mending 15 Kids' Hearts in Afghanistan

by French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children

Project Report | May 17, 2021
Help with Mending the Hearts of 15 Afghan Kids

By Aziz Jan | CEO

Performing Heart Surgery

Help with Mending the Hearts of 15 Afghan Kids

According to the WHO data, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) deaths in Afghanistan have reached to over 32,000 or 14.39% of total deaths. Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is a problem of the structure of the heart that is present at birth. It can affect how blood flows through the heart and out to the rest of the body. Common examples include holes in different areas of the heart and narrow or leaky valves. In children the most common type of CHD is the ventricular septal defect (VSD), a hole in the wall separating the bottom two chambers of the heart (the ventricles).Many Afghan infants with CHD needs surgery to survive. FMIC is one of the few places in Afghanistan where CHD patients can be treated. FMIC is doing surgeries with relatively low cost and achieve outcomes that meet the highest standards. Each year our team of experts performs more than 250 Paediatric cardiac surgeries with almost 90% of these patients require financial assistance.

FMIC’s success in providing international quality care to the poor population of Afghanistan has not been possible without the generous support of donors like you. FMIC ensures that no patient leaves the hospital untreated due to lack of money. FMIC’s Patient Welfare Program has been in place since the establishment of the hospital and has helped over 600,000 needy patients with services worth over US$ 41 million. For many patients, even a $10 expense is an obstacle to healthcare. Imagine that just a few dollars contributed by you can help save a life. A donation of $10 will pay for an initial visit to a doctor, $15 will pay for one-night stay of a patient in general ward, $65 will pay for one night stay of a patient in the Intensive Care Unit.

FMIC is a nonprofit hospital located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is a product of a four-way unique partnership between Government of Afghanistan, Government of France, French International NGO Lachaine Delespoir and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). For the past 15 years, FMIC has been serving Afghans while focusing on quality services, innovation and building capacities in terms of human resources and technology.

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Jan 17, 2021
FMIC - A ray of hope for the people of Afghanistan

By Aziz Ahmad Jan | Chief Executive Officer

FMIC patient who got support from patient welfare

FMIC is product of a four-way unique partnership between two governments and two international NGOs including the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).

In the Covid-19 era FMIC was faced with a number of challenges due to fear of cross contamination issues of mobility and high pressure on the already limited resources. Despite such challenges FMIC continued to dispense tertiary health care services to the people of Afghanistan as a safe haven. Besides that, FMIC introduced Covid-19 testing and treatment facility in a separate location away from the hospital. This strategy helped in serving the medical needs of general population as well as Covid-19 infected or suspected patients. Another big challenge was scarcity of medical supplies due to border closures and restrictions on travelling. FMIC team made its level best to cope with all challenges while continuing its services in diagnostics, inpatient and outpatient. FMIC patient welfare program continued its support to needy patients despite all the challenges narrated above. The pressure on patient welfare increased more due to deteriorating economic situation in the country.

FMIC ensures that its quality services are accessible to all in a resource-blind fashion. Through the patient welfare program, FMIC has so far supported patients in need with a financial impact of over 40 Million USD. The journey continues.

Your little contribution is a ray of hope for many Afghans who have difficulties accessing a high quality healthcare facility mainly due to lack of money. FMIC makes sure that your generous contribution is spent in the most appropriate manner to support those patients who come from very weak financial backgrounds.

On a daily basis, FMIC ensures that no patient leaves the hospital untreated because of lack of money. For many patients, even a $10 expense is an obstacle to healthcare. Envision a child or mother suffering from life-threatening diseases in an impoverished and war-affected zone. Imagine that just a few dollars contributed by you can help save lives and improve quality of life for many. For example, $10 will pay for an initial visit to a doctor, $15 will pay for one-night stay of a patient in general ward, $65 will pay for one night stay of a patient in the Intensive Care Unit. We do appreciate your continued support and cooperation!

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Sep 18, 2020
Project update - September 2020

By Aziz Ahmad Jan | CEO

While the fear of Covid-19 pandemic still remains intact; FMIC continues to provide its high quality healthcare services to the people of Afghanistan. The main hospital was kept as a safe haven for general patients whereas dedicated Covid-19 testing and treatment centres were established to provide services. It is pertinent to mention that at the Covid-19 treatment centre in FMIC; not a single staff was infected merely due to high level of compliance with the protocols and proper use of PPEs. The continuity of regular services at the main hospital was a ray of hope for patients coming from different provinces of Afghanistan. It is also important to note that at FMIC we receive highly complicated cases such as in women and children section, we mainly receive such cases which cannot be handled in local hospitals at the provincial level. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one such facility which is in fact the first ever NICU in the country in place since 2016.

FMIC has so far served over 1.5 million patients from all parts of Afghanistan through its in-patient and out-patient services. In diagnostics, 4.3 million Laboratory Tests and 0.8 Million Radiology Procedures have been performed thus far. FMIC’s Patient Welfare Programme underwrites the cost of care for people who cannot afford to pay for all or part of their treatment. During the year 2019 alone, 42,598 patients were supported through patient welfare program with a financial contribution of US$ 2.3M by FMIC. Since FMIC’s inception in 2006 to date FMIC’s Patient Welfare Program has spent over $39 million so far in providing the medical and surgical care to those in critical need.

We are highly grateful to the generosity of our donors for their support to the patient welfare which ultimately helps us serve the most deserving and deprived segments of the society.

Envision a child or mother suffering from life-threatening diseases in an impoverished and war-affected zone. Imagine that just a few dollars contributed by you can help save lives and improve quality of life for many. For example, $10 will pay for an initial visit to a doctor, $15 will pay for one-night stay of a patient in general ward, $65 will pay for one night stay of a patient in the Intensive Care Unit. We do appreciate your continued support and cooperation!

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