About Us
The vision for the Alma Bi Hospital came from Mohammed Younis, a UK resident and Royal Mail Postman in Watford.
Mohammed came to live in the UK as a boy in the 1960's, but he never forgot the suffering caused by poverty and lack of even the most basic medical facilities in the rural area of Pakistan where he was born.
In 1980, during a visit to Pakistan, Mohammed's 18 month old son Madani crushed his finger in a heavy door. With no emergency services to call on and with the nearest hospital a 42-mile dirt track away, it was only thanks to the nursing skills of Mohammed's wife Halima that Madani's finger was saved.
Six months later, Mohammed returned to Pakistan after hearing that his mother, Alma Bi, had been diagnosed with leukemia. With no access to medication or pain relief there was nothing he could do. Sadly, Mohammed returned to the UK a week before she died.
These two very personal experiences really brought home the poor conditions faced by the people of Pakistan and it convinced him of the need to do something practical to help. The mission to build and equip a hospital in the area has been his obsession ever since.
The Hospital: Past, Present and Future
After tireless campaigning and the raising of over £500,000, the Alma Bi Hospital opened its doors in November 2007. Since that time it has continued to develop and grow. It now provides 75 in-patient beds with facilities focused on general practice, accident & emergency, maternity and pediatrics.
However, like all hospitals, funds are constantly needed to run, maintain and grow the project into the future. We still desperately need your help.