Over 650,000 Children Get Emergency Treatment

1 min read

QUETTA: Over 650,000 children across Balochistan have received emergency treatment through ChildLife Foundation’s Children’s Emergency Rooms and Telemedicine Satellite Centres (TSCs).

This achievement has been made possible through the partnership with the Balochistan government.

The ChildLife Found­ation operates a state-of-the-art Children’s Emergency Room at Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta, along with 32 TSCs in secondary care hospitals across Balochistan. Together, these centers ensure that critically ill children have access to 24/7, free-of-cost emergency care.

“Every child deserves a chance to survive, regardless of where they are born or their socio-economic status,” said Dr Ahson Rabbani, CEO of ChildLife Foundation. “Our partnership with the government of Balochistan is bridging emergency care gaps by bringing expert pediatric services to underserved areas. Together, we are laying the foundation for a healthier, more equitable future for all children in Pakistan.”

ChildLife’s pediatric emergency model has garnered global recognition for having the same mortality rate among critically ill children as that at Pakistan’s leading private hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2025

Previous Story

Education’s Bleak Reality

Next Story

NGO Head Sent To Prison In Child Trafficking Case

Latest from Blog

Onus on State to Protect Kids from Online Harm, IHC Told

• NCRC recommends boosting NCCIA capacity, setting up special units for exploitation probes • Proposes Peca review from child rights perspective • Urges integrating age verification into Digital Nation Pakistan Act ISLAMABAD: Protecting minors from online grooming, exploitation and harmful content is the state’s responsibility, the National Commission on the…

28 Rabies Cases Reported at one Karachi Hospital so far this year

• Indus Hospital officials say nine rabies deaths reported at health facility in 2025 • Seminar organised to promote rabies prevention and timely post-exposure treatment • Sindh chief secy says increase in reported cases reflects greater public awareness rather than mere rise in incidence KARACHI: As many as 28 cases…

Gun Attack on Kech School

GWADAR: A private school came under attack in Kech district on Oct 2, officials said. Armed men entered the premises of Roshan Grammar School in the Menaz area of Buleda tehsil and opened fire, they said, adding that the school’s CCTV system was destroyed in the attack. Confirming the incident,…

Man Arrested for Assaulting Minor Boy in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: Police arrested a man for assaulting a five-year-old boy here on Oct 2. According to the first information report (FIR), the incident took place in the Station Kallay area of Tangi. The child’s mother told police that her son returned home crying and alleged that a neighbour, identified as…
Go toTop