A free medial Camp was held on 1st May 2011 in periphery of Lahore (a metropolitan city) at St. Oswald’s Church, Lahore Diocese. This Church is located in one of the low socio-economic areas of the city, where the majority population are Christians. The medical camp was a united effort by the Christian medical students and doctors fellowship, Lahore diocese church of Pakistan (St. Oswald Church) and United Christian Hospital, Lahore. The panel of doctors at the event included medical students and post graduate trainees, all who are members of members of medical fellowship. Not only the patients were given free consultancy, but were also given free medication, lab facilities regarding blood sugar testing and blood grouping. Along with that a child health awareness session about hygiene and environmental cleanliness was also arranged.
The Medical Fellowship was successful in reaching out to almost 200 people, giving them free medical advice, medication and also sharing the compassion of Christ with them ensuring them that they are not alone in there suffering.
The free medical camp also encouraged the spirit of voluntary work among medical students and young doctors, helping them connect back with there community, a compassion the Christian community in Pakistan is in a dire need of. The free medical camp was an effort towards building the Christian Society for the spiritual as well as physical needs.
The follow up this project was very positive. Since it help involve the young Christian doctors, medical students, Para medics and also partnership of the church, all working as a single unit, to witness the holistic evangelism of the church at large.
The high light of the camp was when a 30 year old female who had been married for 10 years came to the camp. It was her fourth pregnancy, but sadly she had previous three miscarriages. She had come to the camp for her very first antenatal visit. During this when her blood sugar level were tested they were markedly raised, labeling her as frank diabetic and her diabetes was the mostly likely cause of her previous miscarriages.
It was the first time she came to know her condition. She was thoroughly counseled regarding the disease and its affects on the present pregnancy. She was thus referred to a tertiary care hospital, to which most of the young doctors are attached with. Where she was followed up and monitored on insulin. She had a fortunate out come of her first baby boy.
Tabitha Mehwish Jamil, House officer and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore Coordinator - Christian Medical Students and Doctors Fellowship (Pakistan Fellowship of Evangelical Students).
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