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Mofid Children's Hospital
Panah Children Charity • Jul 12, 2019
Mofid Children's Hospital admits 155,000 outpatients annually, 13,000 are bed admissions, 5,080 of which require operations.
Panah has supported the following Equipment Projects
Project I (2011): Keyhole Laproscopic Equipment from Karl Storz of Germany, costing £54,979.
This was Panah's first equipment project with Mofid Hospital, undertaken in 2011. Keyhole Surgical Equipment was of utmost importance for Mofid Hospital, as with the new equipment children would benefit from the reduced risk that surgeries can carry. The risk of fatalities can also be reduced as a result of reduced use of anaesthetics during the operation and reduced infection, costs and recovery time.
The equipment was delivered to the hospital in January 2012. It was estimated that 350-400 of the operations would annually benefit from the Laparoscopic equipment for Tracheoscopy Arthroscopy and Neuroendroscopy.
The funds were raised through our “In Search of Simorgh” and a kind donation of an anonymous donor of over £17,000.
Mother: "My son has had 3 days of stomach pains and no appetite. He was admitted last night and diagnosed with appendicitis. It was decided to use the Keyhole surgical method, where there is no need for an open operation, using a small incision, a laparoscopic guide tube and I appreciate they are using this method on my son."
[Why did you come to the hospital?]
Son: "-because I was feeling sick, with stomach ache and diarrhoea. I came here to Mofid Hospital and was told that I have appendicitis and it is to be removed using special equipment."
A young boy was admitted to Mofid Hospital with stomach pain and had been diagnosed with appendicitis. The operation itself took less than 5 minutes and the patient had returned home at the end of the day, with only 2cm stitched cut to his stomach. The equipment also allowed the appendix to be removed using a special sealer, without bleeding.
A video taken at Mofid Hospital demonstrates how operations are carried out regularly using the equipment provided by Panah.
Project II, 2013: Stryker 7 Precision Surgical Drill and Saw Set, costing £37,430
This equipment was essential for cutting and accessing areas required in major cranial and bone surgeries, to minimise damage to bones and surrounding tissues- supporting early recovery, particularly for infants and children.
The funds were raised with a combination of £4,000 donations from a BIMA Medical Association during their event. Another $5,000 anonymous donation and funds raised through Panah's charity events.
Project III, 2014: Stryker Brain Navigator, costing £202,543
The Stryker Brain Navigator was necessary for cranial surgeries such as brain tumours and epilepsy. The importance of this equipment was that the hospital carries out over 100 operations annually “blind” as they did not know where a tumour was or what issues they may face during a cranial operation. A Brain Navigator
brings confidence in advance of operations and precision quality during the operations.
Panah proudly announces that since our Gala event in November 2011, when we first started raising funds and the Sizda Bedar event in April 2012, now two-and-a-half years of efforts later, we managed to secure the purchase of a Stryker Brain Navigator in 2014, valued at $321,570.
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