Since 2009, the Mobile Medical Outreach Programme (MMOP) of St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hyderabad has provided regular, effective, professional, compassionate and free health care
to many impoverished Christian, Muslim, Hindu and tribal people who are bonded
agricultural workers in Sindh province in south-east Pakistan. MMOP is their sole medical
provider.
In addition to providing free immediate primary healthcare, MMOP refers patients for
further care to St Elizabeth Hospital in Hyderabad and hospitals in Karachi. St. Elizabeth
accepts financial responsibility for this and monitors all such cases through its nursing staff.
Access to primary health care in rural Pakistan is limited; poverty makes it almost
impossible.
The statistics for St Elizabeth’s Mobile Medical Outreach Programme from January to
December 2024 are impressive. In 181 villages, 56,554 patients were examined by doctors
and received necessary free medicine of the highest quality. 14,138 were children under five
years. Through MMOP, patients received follow-up medical care.
The MMOP team includes two doctors, three nurses, one midwife, and two assistants for
patient recording and pharmacy. Final year students from St Elizabeth Midwifery Training
School presented healthcare information sessions. Topics included the Extended Programme of
Immunization, rehydration procedures, fulfilling dietary needs in situations of financial distress,
breast cancer, oral cancer, care of neo-natal infants, and local means of purifying drinking water.
MMOP gives village-based health care with the team travelling through semi-desert areas
on difficult roads. Travelling plus giving healthcare takes an average of 6 hours every day.
The MMOP team goes out four time every week.
St Elizabeth Hospital depends 100% on the generosity of donors to maintain the work of MMOP.
All donations are fully tax deductible.