The Altkaful Health Cender is remodeling an old building across the street from their Clinic. The building will house a much-needed laboratory. We have submitted a proposal to headquarters for LDS Charities to donate some of the equipment needed or the lab.
It looks like a bomb hit ...
but this pile of rubble is part of the remodeling project for the new lab.
"This is where the equipment will be"
Last week the clinic had 2 "free health days" for Syrian refugees and a team of doctors from the U.S. participated in the event. 1,400 people were served. On the second day an official from the Ministry of Health showed up and threatened to shut down the clinic because they didn't have the necessary paperwork giving them permission for the event. It isn't clear who dropped the ball, but it wasn't Altkaful. All the U.S.doctors were forced to leave and take their medications.
Abd was devastated. He had worked so hard and then Altkaful was left to carry on without any support. We tried to cheer him up but there wasn't anything we could do. Lynn told him to "do your best--do your very very best--and leave the rest to Allah." Then we went to our car and prayed for him.
The rest of the story is amazing. Abd was able to rally his own team of doctors and use all the medications from his store room. The clinic served 650 patients the first day with the outside help. On the second day when they were left alone they served 750! We are so proud of them. Abid was smiling again. His pharmacy was empty, but the team of US doctors sent a donation of $1500 to replenish the shelves. They are very sorry for what happened.
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