Renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi will undergo kidney operation at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplant today (Monday), said his son Faisal Edhi. The younger Edhi appealed people to pray for his father. World famed doctor and head of the SIUT Dr Adeeb Rizvi along with his team will operate upon Edhi today (Monday).
Faisal Edhi said several politicians including Aseefa Bhutto Zardari had arrived for inquiring after health of Mr. Edhi. Rehman Malik and Malik Riaz have also offered to sponsor treatment of Mr. Edhi. "We are thankful for their gesture, but I must add that my family is satisfied with my father's treatment at the SIUT and Dr Adeeb Rizvi is like a family member to us," said Faisal Edhi
Abdul Sattar Edhi created a charitable entity Edhi Foundation out of nothing, masterminding Pakistan's largest welfare organisation. He is more than a national hero in Pakistan for his invaluable services for humanity.
Edhi has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and appeared on the list again this year - put there by Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's teenage Nobel laureate. Motivated by a spiritual quest for justice, over the years Edhi and his team have created maternity wards, morgues, orphanages, shelters, and homes for the elderly - all aimed at helping those in society who cannot help themselves. Abandoned children and the elderly, battered women, the disabled, drug addicts; Edhi's foundation now houses some 5,700 people in 17 shelters across the country. It employs around 3,000 people, many of whom were former residents. Under the project Baby Cradles by Bilquis Edhi, unclaimed infants are adopted.
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