Project ID: APPEC-2011-08-30
Proposed by: Dr. Ahmed Jawad QURESHI
Location: Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Direct Contact: shafiuddin[@]live.com, jawad.qureshi[@]msn.com
SUMMARY:
A bed-ridden disabled person is struggling against life threatening stage-IV pressure sores. He urgently needs your financial support for the life saving surgery.
INITIAL TARGET:
3000 €, to be disbursed for critical primary surgeries and hospitalization.
DETAILS:
Please donate generously for the cause of saving this person’s life who is disabled from waist down due to spinal cord injury since 1985 after a hit and run car accident. This person has lived his life independently and with dignity, winning bread and butter for his family of four children since his accident. However since last 9 years, due to extended sitting, he started having pressure wounds on his both hips. In spite of the treatment, his sores progressively increased and started aggravating. Doctors advised him to leave job which he couldn’t due to the family situation. Currently he is forced to leave his job as his sores have deteriorated to a point where the wounds have progressed to the depth of the hip bones. The patient is forced to be bed-ridden to prevent a total deterioration to the wounds.
The wounds also have sustained blood loss leaving the patient highly anemic. A regular blood transfusion process is required to retain a minimum level of hemoglobin in the patient to enable him to undergo treatment. This is regularly carried out with the help of family donors and Fatimid foundation.
I had a chance to visit him in person recently and see his sores. His miserable situation has left me greatly disturbed. Major part of his hips is now nothing but lumps of flesh with sores extending as deep as 5 inches into his body exposing bones, flesh and tendons. Due to mistreatment at the hands of a surgeon one of his wounds had punctured the digestive tract which was repaired after extensive surgery. His situation has worsened to a life threatening point. Due to total degeneration of the hips, he has serious problems even defecating and urinating which cause further complications due to infections.
The doctor has prescribed surgery to disinfect and cleanse the pressure sores, which would then be subsequently treated through a series of operations to close and reconstruct the deep wounds. The patient has 4 children, all of whom are studying. The children are aged 19 (daughter), 16 (son), 11 (daughter) and 6 years (son) who need financial support for their livelihood and education.
In order to pull this family and the person out of sheer excruciating pain and poverty and ensure a durable sustenance for them, it is necessary that he undertakes a hospitalized treatment that removes the dead parts of his body and that he undergoes re-constructive surgery on his hips. The first set of surgeries has been done with the expense of Rs. 100,000/=, whose report is available at your disposal.
Report of first set of surgeries
DONATION ELIGIBILITY:
This project is eligible to receive Zakat, Sadaqah and other forms of donations.
FUND RAISING:
The total medical expenses (including only surgeries and hospitalization) : PKR 600 000
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Donations
Please click here for your donation and drop an e-mail to treasurer@appec.durabledevelopment.com with your name, project id and amount donated.
Donations can be made directly to following account in Pakistan as well.
Name of Account : Shafiuddin Qureshi
Current Account # 02110050865501
Bank : Habib Bank Limited
Branch: Cantonment Multan
Addres: Quaid-e-Azam Shopping Centre
City: Multan
Donations Summary:
Target: EUR 3000/=
Deadline:
Current status: EUR 2741.41/= (updated: 01.10.2011)
and
PKR 53152/= (updated: 01.10.2011)
Funds released: EUR 2749.91/= (updated: 02.10.2011)
and
PKR 53152/=
funds used for project APPEC-2012-06-24: 59.85/=
Remaining funds with APPEC: EUR 0/= (updated: 19.07.2012)
This project is no more open for donations. BEFORE DONATING, please contact treasurer@appec.durabledevelopment.com, to confirm if your donation could actually be accommodated.
From: shafiuddin
To: jawad.qureshi
CC: shafiuddin
Subject: Mehrajuddin Note by Plastic Surgeon Sohail Cheema
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:21:20 +0500
…
Assalam o alaikum
Yesterday the Plastic Surgeon thoroughly checked the pressures sores and he corrected two out of three sores
to the extent of 70%. While speaking to me, yesterday, he proposed to correct the 3rd wound today and carry
on remaining 30% correction of the two he manoeuvred yesterday. Hence he planned to correct all three wounds
today.
However, after carry on examination; he today changed his opinion and informed (I had not reached hospital
by that time) that he will handle the three major sores, one by one, due to limited availability of grafting tissues on Mehraj’s
body. Hence he will handle one wound tomorrow, second day after and third after that. He is planning to detain Mehraj in
hospital for about 11-12 days. After that he will let him leave for home and return for follow up consultation and
possible remaining surgeries.
He has also provided one hand-written initial report that is attached. He has estimated the cost of this proceedure for
PKR one lac.
Other mobile snaps from hospital file are also attached.
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: FW: Update of Mr Mehrajuddin – Suffering from life threatening pressure soars
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:19:58 +0200
From: Ahmed Jawad QURESHI
To:
CC: Shafiuddin Qureshi
Dear Treasurer,
Please find the email below for confirmation of receiving PKR 312548 in the bank account of Mr. Shafiuddin Qureshi. I would like to thank the APPEC treasurers for their prompt support. The email also provides a brief overview of the situation of the patient which will soon be accompanied by the detailed one.
Thank you and best regards.
Ahmed Jawad Qureshi.
From: shafiuddin
To: jawad.qureshi
Subject: Update of Mr Mehrajuddin – Suffering from life threatening pressure soars
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:44:01 +0500
Dear Jawad
I have received an amount of PKR 312548 in my HBL Account as “Home REM Proceed”.
The status of Mr Mehrajuddin is given below :
Mr Mehrajuddin was discharged from the hospital and advised to take care of the wound
at his home. However, stitches to his wound were pressure opened and got infected.
He was, therefore, re-admitted to the hospital on 04 October 2011.
The surgeon has again carried out necessary repair to the wound, removed some plaque,
cut few dead tissues and instead of sealing this wound he has stitched the wound and
inserted irrigation tube with antibiotic in order to save the wound from getting infected.
But no grafting is immediately planned.
The doctor has advised him to stay at the hospital so that the wound does not get opened
during transit or at home.
We were happy on the initial report of the first surgery but, unluckily, it could not succeed.
Now the family is hoping against the odd and difficult times that this wound, being the biggest one,
gets healed so that surgery to 2nd and 3rd wound is planned and carried out.
I shall keep you posted of the development. Shall obtain the receipts as soon as the family comes
out of the hospital fatigue.
Regards
Shafiuddin Qureshi
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: Donation : APPEC-2011-08-30
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:03:31 +0500
From: Shafiuddin Qureshi
To: Treasurer APPEC
Dear Treasirer APPEC
AAA..
We confirm receipt of following donations :
1. PKR33152 + PKR 20000 TOTL PKR 55152/=
2. PKR312548/=
I, appreciate and thank the APPEC members and executives for generating this fund.
This amount would be utilize carefully; for treatment of Mr. Mehrajuddin.
BBB..
Currently Mr. Mehrajuddin is admitted in the Bakhtawar Amin Hospital Multan since
last two weeks.
He was first operated for one wound and advised to rest at home. But unfortunately the stitches could not stay longer
He was again operated for the same wound and the surgeon repaired and, this time, did not let the patient go home. The wound is so far good.
Meanwhile a colostomy became necessary as the wound were larger and were being infected due to feces whenever passed by the patient. Hence a colostomy was carried out on 17 October.
Although the recovery process is very slow due to sensory loss in the lower part yet the Plastic Surgeon is quiet hopeful to overcome these pressure soars; one by one.
Shall keep you posted on the progress.
Best Regards.
Shafiuddin Qureshi