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Corporate Responsibility

HASANALI KARABHAI FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established to undertake various financial aid programs and charitable contributions.
The Foundation owns and operates a multi-storied office building in the center of Karachi and the entire rental income from this property is being utilized for philanthropic purposes.

EYE CAMPS

It is estimated that there are about 2 ½ million blind people in Pakistan.
The Lakson Group initiated the idea of “Free Eye Camps” in 1994.
Its objective was to set up free camps to provide treatment to patients with eye related diseases and to eradicate curable blindness from the country.

NO. OF FREE EYE CAMPS 11
OPD CONDUCTED 74,000
OPERATIONS PERFORMED 4,500
GLASSES DISTRIBUTED 30,000

HOSPITALS – STATISTICS TO DATE

OPD’S CONDUCTED
Male 39,274
Female 34,784
Total 74,058
OPERATIONS PERFORMED 4,663

The hospital has been completed at a cost of PKR32 million and is the first specialized hospital for eye diseases in Swabi (NWFP.)

Operational since May 2001
Fully equipped to handle all types of eye related diseases.
Fully electronic system for maintaining online patient records.
ISO 9001-2000 certified.
QMS on Q-Pulse software.

 

The Sahiwal hospital was completed at a cost of PKR 30 million and is the first specialized hospital for eye diseases in Qadarabad.

Operational since March 2004.
Fully equipped to handle all types of eye related diseases.
Fully electronic system for maintaining online patient records.
ISO 9001-2000 certification under process.
QMS on Q-Pulse under process.

Social Initiatives
A diabetic center was established at the Mardan (NWFP) hospital in 2005.
A K-12 school was established in Kotri (Sind) in June 2005.
A third eye hospital is being established in Kotri (Sind) which will commence operations by 2007.