Registered-charity, the International Medical Relief Agency (IMRA), was founded in 2001 by now retired ENT consultant Dr Haroon Khan, to provide volunteer-delivered cochlear implants and major ear surgery to children and adults in Pakistan.
Its primary aim is to deliver structured care for middle ear disease to patients unable to afford or access this. IMRA has provided the first charitable multidisciplinary cochlear implantation programme in the south Asian country with locally trained multi-professional support.
And after a long association with Dr Khan, DP Medical were delighted to be able to provide a large number of disposable instruments that can be used for ENT surgery including items such as tongue depressors, croc forceps, ear specula, wax hooks, jobson Horne probes and Tilley aural forceps. These will soon be on their way to Pakistan to support the essential work of IMRA.
Dr Khan said: “I have been involved with DP Medical for over 20 years now and they have always been so supportive providing medical equipment when they can to the IMRA charity.
“Pakistan is a country with diverse human and service development levels. In a very large country with populous poor rural communities spread over large distances, healthcare is often only accessible by travelling to large cities, with costs and practicality of travel prohibitive. Our charity was set up to enable UK volunteer surgeons and anaesthetists to travel to these areas and provide vital ENT services and since then we have treated thousands of patients and really made a difference to their lives.
“I am very pleased to receive this latest donation of equipment from DP Medical which will be invaluable to our work. I want to commend DP Medical as a company who offers high standard equipment and are people I can trust and rely on. I am very grateful for their support.”
Rob Hampson, regional sales manager for DP Medical, said: “We are really proud to be able to support Dr Khan and IMRA with this latest donation of vital equipment. We know how needed these kind of surgical items are and how important it is that the charity has access to them so they can continue with their excellent work. It’s an honour to play a small part in what they do to help people across the world who need medical treatment.”