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Pakistani Physicians Hosted several free community healthcare
The Pakistan Physician Society and ICNA Relief organized an event called Free health fair in Glendale Heights.
In the middle of this pandemic and coronavirus cases rising, it is very hard to find doctors and appointments, especially for elderly people who hardly understand English, Computers, Smart phones.
The patient is not getting a routine checkup. The only appointment accessible is telephone or virtual appointment and checkup. Most patients are not feeling comfortable, they want to see and meet doctors face to face because they fear they will otherwise miss signs of illness.
Currently, Pakistani Physician Society (PPS) is partnering with the ICNA Relief Chicago on a free Telehealth service and on-site clinics for uninsured and underinsured residents.
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Pakistan Physician Society Illinois held more than a hundred webinars and health awareness and free Clinics events During pandemic to help Patients.
On Saturday, April 24, 2021 The PPS and ICNA Relief organized an event called Free health fair in Glendale Heights, Illinois to individuals and had different Protect sites where any adult residents could get vaccinated. The program was designed to help Glendale Height neighborhoods hit by the pandemic, ensuring Basic Health service and Covid- 19 vaccines were provided to village residents.
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The program was also supported by Total care pharmacy and Village of Glendale Heights.
During an interview with Dr. Saima Azfar (ICNA Relief Midwest Regional Director) said, “We are organizing several projects with partnership of Pakistan Physician Society Illinois since pandemic started, we also provided food distribution in Chicago and financial resources to aid in the during Pandemic.”
Dr. Samina Hijab, President of PPS for year 2021 defined about the event, “Throughout the Pandemic we are not only conduct free health clinics, support to several food pantries and homeless shelters in Chicago and its Suburbs. The COVID-19 outbreak has not only brought illness, but also hunger and loss of income. Mostly PPS funding comes from donations, and the current pandemic is understandably putting a strain on the effort to meet annual goals. We appreciate PPS members and supporters for their generous donations without which none of this would have been possible.”
The Chicagoland community appreciates all the efforts and contributions of PPS and ICNA worked round-the-clock, night and day during this challenging time will make big impacts change in Chicagoland.
