Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

History
 
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) is a state-of-the-art cancer centre located in Lahore, Pakistan. It is a project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, which is a charitable organization established under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 of Pakistan. The institution is the brainchild of Pakistani cricket superstar, Imran Khan. The inspiration came after the death of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum, from cancer


FundRaising

Imran Khan made a nation-wide appeal for the collection of funds from a match between Pakistan and India on November 10, 1989 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore which raised Rs. 2,902,600. This was followed by a series of more than 50 successful fund raisers held throughout the world. Pakistan's win under Imran's captaincy in the 1992 cricket world cup in Melbourne helped fundraising efforts. He was able to collect one and a half million pounds in just six weeks after the World Cup when the same amount had taken 2 years to collect earlier. He donated his entire prize money of 85,000 pounds for the project. In 1994 when the project required more financing for the ongoing construction, Imran Khan launched a mass contact campaign in which he toured 27 cities in the country and collected Rs. 120 million. During the entire campaign for the construction of the hospital, over a million individual donors from ordinary citizens to the rich and famous pitched in. Everything from cash to jewelry and valuables was donated.
 




FAST FACTS
Inagurated December 29, 1994
Founder Imran Khan (Chairman Board of Governors)
Annual budget Rs. 2.7 billion (US $ 32 million)
Financially supported patients 75% (since 1994)
Philanthropic spending Rs. 6.97 billion (US $ 114 million)
Area/Location 20 acres, Lahore ( Pakistan )
Beds 115

New registrations 7,981 (Year 2009 )
Outpatient visits 124,372 (Year 2009)
Chemotherapy 26,448 (Year 2009)
Radiation treatments 43,307 (Year 2009)
Admissions 6,545 (Year 2009)
Surgical procedures 4,487 (Year 2009)
Pathology tests 2,494,616 (Year 2009)
Imaging studies 132,578 (Year 2009)
Pharmacy Dispensing 792,795 (Year 2009)
Staff 1393 (41 Consultants, Physicians & Surgeons)


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