Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) has launched its Zakat Collection Campaign for the year 2010. The hospital, equipped with the latest medical machinery and qualified staff, is aimed at providing world class sate-of-the-art treatment to the cancer patients, irrespective of their ability to pay.
The hospital has already spent over Rs 7 billion on the free treatment of deserving cancer patients during the last 15 years. Hospital's annual budget for the year 2010 is Rs 3.3 billion; about half of this to be met, from public, from donation and Zakat and the other from revenue services of the Hospital. The total amount of Zakat collected will be spent on the free treatment of deserving cancer patients.
For the collection of Zakat, the Hospital has already activated its accounts in local and foreign banks. In addition to this, the donors can also deposit their Zakat directly in SKMCH&RC, its offices, diagnostic centres, Collection Centres, all Pakistan Post Offices and easypaisa shops and mobile account. -PR