KAMPALA,Uganda: More than 400 people received free medical care from Pakistan Healthcare Foundation Ltd Hospital in Ntinda, an initiative welcomed by the beneficiary community.
The one-day medical camp, held on 29 November 2025 at the hospital along Semawata Road, brought together a team of specialist surgeons from Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan. The team conducted medical examinations, consultations, and minor surgeries, among other health services.
Foundation chairman Mohmood Zaffar said partnering with medical specialists from these countries was a deliberate effort to provide free healthcare to people facing medical challenges, including both local residents and members of the international community living in Uganda.
Zaffar revealed that the foundation has so far served more than 7,000 patients through similar initiatives, with the latest camp alone attending to over 400 patients. He praised the Government of Uganda for creating a favorable environment that enables such programmes to thrive, noting that the medical camp was part of the foundation’s commitment to giving back to the community in which they live and work.
Foundation director Sarfraz Ali announced plans to import modern medical equipment and accessories to facilitate surgeries for identified patients. He urged residents from the surrounding communities to utilize the hospital’s services whenever in need of medical care.
Ali also thanked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for allowing foreign nationals to conduct business in Uganda and contribute to the country’s economic growth through tax payments, adding that the foundation uses part of its profits to support charitable activities.
The chairman of Sudan Doctors for Peace and Development (SDPD), Nagi M. Mugzoub, appealed to international development partners to reconsider their decision to scale down or suspend social services to refugee communities in Uganda. He noted that reductions in food, medical supplies, and other essential services have severely affected refugees.
According to Mugzoub, Uganda hosts more than 80,000 refugees living in the Buyale and Kiryandongo settlements—people displaced by ongoing conflict in their home countries—who are now suffering due to the funding cuts.
Nakawa District NRM Women’s League chairperson Irene Kusiima, together with Abdu Kalibala, the NRM Kampala District Secretary General, both of whom played a key role in mobilizing for the medical camp, thanked the government for maintaining an environment that allows the Pakistani community to work and contribute positively to Uganda.
Kusiima said such peaceful coexistence enables local leaders to lobby for essential social services that benefit their communities. A renowned gospel artist and proprietor of T-Star Restaurant in Ntinda, she pledged to strengthen collaboration with the foundation to ensure their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts continue to uplift local citizens.
