SAKINAH MEDICAL OUTREACH: Impact Report, 2018
“… if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land – it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind.”
Qur’an 5:32
For almost a decade, Sakinah Medical Outreach has been providing and supporting the needy with free health care services and medical assistance, with the hope of giving everyone a chance to quality health care services. This has been underpinned by our ethos that good and quality health status of individuals is the most important driver for economic growth and impact in Nigeria. As the saying goes, ‘health is wealth’, when the residents of a nation are healthy, the nation is healthy and wealthy.
Below is the overview of Sakinah activities in the last one year’;
Total amount spent: 7,208,000
Number of beneficiaries:
- Medical outreach – 665 people
- Free Cataract Surgery – 100 people
- Save a Soul Project – 6 people
Specific activities:
1- Our Medical Outreach
Last year, through the generous donations from our magnanimous donors, we had yet another encompassing medical outreach program, between the month of July – September (2018) at the Federal Medical centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria. The medical outreach, themed ‘THE GIFT OF SIGHT 3.0’, focused on free eye screening exercise and cataract surgery. 665 individuals were screened, 468 individuals were gifted either free eye glasses or eye drops and 100 individuals benefitted from the free cataract surgery.
2- Our ‘Save A Soul’ Project
Together we are saving lives, together we are giving hope and together we show love and spread peace through the Sakinah’s ‘save a soul’ project. This year, the ‘Save A Soul’ project received several applications for help from individuals requesting for medical assistance. After based on availability of funds the 6 verified cases got Sakinah Medical Outreach intervention. There other applications waiting for our intervention.
QASEEM SALEEM
Age: 11 months old
Ailment: Leptomenngeal Cyst
Sakinah Involvement: Sponsored his successful treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi- Araba, Lagos state, Nigeria.
Current Status: Living well
HALIMA ADEYANJU
Age: 57 Years old
Ailment: Acute Renal failure complicating treatment for Gastric Outlet Obstruction & Chronic Ulcer. She had several renal dialysis in more than one hospital.
Sakinah Involvement: we collaborated with other donors in sponsoring her treatment at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Oyo state, Nigeria
Current Status: Living well
SHAKIRAT ALADE
Age: 12 Years old
Ailment: Chronic Kidney Disease
Sakinah Involvement: Sponsored Dialysis at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara state, Nigeria
Current Status: unfortunately died from her chronic illness
NAIMA BASHIR
Age: 34 Years old
Ailment: Breast Cancer
Sakinah Involvement: Sponsored her successful surgery at Amrita Institute of medical Sciences, Kochi India
Current Status: Living well
BALIKIS OSENI
Age: 42 Years old
Ailment: Lungs Cancer
Sakinah Involvement: Sponsored Surgery at Amrita Institute of Medical Research & Sciences (AIMS Hospital), Kochi, India.
Current Status: Living well
BABANGIDA AUWAL
Age: 27 Years old
Ailment: Spinal cord injury with paralysis of limbs
Sakinah Involvement: Sponsored treatment at National Hospital
Abuja, Nigeria
Current Status: he was discharge home but later died from complications.
