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Establishing a Memorial Trust Overseas (Kashmir) for the Promotion of Health, Awareness and Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2023

Zafrina Majid
Zafrina Majid*
Affiliation:
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, United Kingdom
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*Corresponding author.
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Abstract

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Aims

To promote physical and mental health in underprivileged communities; (II) to increase awareness on health matters in the community and students.

Methods

May 25th 2011, remains etched in author's mind. Her brother, Dr Syed Arshad Abbas, had a fatal accident while on duty. In 2012 family established a Memorial Trust. Since then, the following are provided:

  1. 1. A free medical health camp twice a year. Patients receive free consultation, free medication and referral to secondary or tertiary services.

  2. 2. An ambulance service available all times.

  3. 3. Two blood donation events, 2012 in collaboration with Red Cross and 2022, in collaboration with an international charity and the hospital of Baramulla.

  4. 4. Sponsorship to students, from primary school to university, with a mentoring scheme for university students.

  5. 5. Mental Health awareness programme every year in different Universities.

Results

  1. 1. To date, 3122 patients were seen at the camps. Medical and psychiatric specialist services are offered face to face or virtual. Depression, Anxiety Disorder and PTSD are the most prevalent disorders. There is an increase in substance use in youth. Polypharmacy is common practice.

  2. 2. Ambulance catered for 2404 patients. The first patient was an 11-year-old boy, with acute abdomen. He was transferred to tertiary hospital and operated within three hours.

  3. 3. Second blood donation event has broken the World Record of number of donations in one day. A database of regional donors was set up. Screening has identified two women with anaemia, highlighted health inequalities which were reported to local government.

  4. 4. Sponsored and mentored university students have completed their degrees and secured placements in tertiary hospitals.

  5. 5. Mental Health awareness programme identified the need for counselling services in universities and need for similar programmes.

Conclusion

This project has given an opportunity to turn loss into positive and a grief into hope. It will help family to move on by providing to the local community. Being a medic trained in UK the author was able to utilize skills into serving her home community, put vision into action and fulfil Hippocratic oath.

Type
Education and Training
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 9 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2023, 10–13 July , July 2023 , pp. S30
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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