Offering dental care to rural communities: Kasguma, Pakistan

7 Sept 2015
There are a lot of locations world wide which have been unable to get even essentially the most primary dental care, however what do you do when you need to present help to over 250 thousand folks over 40 miles of typically harsh and difficult terrain? I’ve been supporting a lately opened hospital in Kasguma, within the Puma district of Pakistan Kashmir, and will likely be visiting it in November to see how the brand new hospital helps folks every day.
Earlier than the hospital in Kasguma opened the folks within the Puma district of Pakistan Kashmir have been compelled to journey about 4 hours to Islamabad on pretty tough roads to obtain medical remedy…not a lot good when you have been in want of pressing care! Because it was opened the hospital has been capable of provide important, lifesaving remedy to hundreds of individuals, together with 750 folks in July alone.
Whereas Pakistan has non-public dentists, therapies are costly and public dentistry is restricted, leading to lengthy ready instances for these unable to afford …