A rural health centre badly damaged during the 2011 floods was refurbished and reconstructed by Mercy Malaysia in partnership with the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed over to the provincial government.
Malaysian Consul General to Karachi Abu Bakar Mamat handed over the Tando Jan Muhammad Rural Health Centre to the Mirpurkhas Deputy Commissioner Asif Ikram on Thursday evening.
Following the 2011 flood, Mercy Malaysia had set up humanitarian projects in Pakistan to alleviate the province’s dire situation, which had affected the livelihood of 9.27 million people who relied heavily on agricultural produce.
The Malaysian government had contributed $1mil (RM3.2mil) for Mercy Malaysia’s humanitarian projects, including refurbishing the health centre and adding new wings, staff quarters, and rebuilding a water tank for the 40,000 residents in the area.
The project was part of Mercy Malaysia’s Health and Wash (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) initiative launched last year in Sindh.
It also involved the installation of 70 latrines, 10 water hand pumps and two reverse osmosis water filtration plants and the non-governmental organisation also distributed 3,500 family hygiene kits to families affected by the floods.
Meanwhile, Mercy Malaysia Vice President Dr Mohammad Ikram Salleh told reporters that the organisation would continue with its humanitarian efforts to help the people of Pakistan when needed.
The organisation had been active in Pakistan since 2002 during the Afghanistan conflict where it manned field clinics and were here in 2005 after the south Asia earthquake in Kashmir, he added.
Malaysia hands over refurbished health centre to Pakistan
