•Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability around the world.
•It is a painful & sometimes fatal disease which can affect all ages.
•Symptoms include joint pain, swelling, stiffness & disfiguration of joints leading to disability.
•An average patient can not afford it’s high treatment cost.
In a country like Pakistan, there are millions of underprivileged arthritis patients who can not afford treatment, their only option is to suffer!
Treatment for arthritis ranges from PKR 50,000 to PKR 500,000 per year, depending on the condition of the patient. Anyone who can not afford this treatment is subjected to a life of pain and disability.
ACF opened charity clinics in Shadman in 2019 and has now relocated to New Muslim Town Lahore. We conduct clinics four days a week and provide free or subsidized consultations and medications to deserving patients through our dispensary.
Inauguration of state of the art Institute of Rheumatic Diseases at Central Park Medical Teaching Hospital. A collaborative project of Health and education foundation & ACF.
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Free weekly Rheumatology clinics were started at Akhtar Mubarik Referral Center (AMRC), Lahore in 1998 and later were moved to Association of Fatima Jinnah Old Graduates House. (AFJOG)
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Yasir Shabbir is 15 years old student of 10th grade who has childhood arthritis since the age of 3 years. Uncontrolled disease and late diagnosis and access to rheumatologist has led to severe growth retardation and amyloidosis of the kidneys. He needs Enbrel Injection 50 mg every week. Cost of this treatment is around 1 million per annum.
Asif Liaqat 27 years young male having bad Anakylosing Spondylitis leading to permanent damage to left hip joint, barely able to walk with a stick. His monthly income is only Rs. 12,000. He needs assistance for hip replacement surgery worth Rs. 200,000 and medications worth Rs. 900,000 per annum to control his disease and save his other joints from irreversible damage.
With your support ACF has changed lives of many deserving patients suffering through Arthritis.
At Arthritis Care Foundation we offer the most advanced
effective treatments to deserving patients.
Our Team
ACF was created by a group of highly trained, qualified professionals in this field with years of experience and research
Our Vision
Every patient with arthritis should have access to standard of care to prevent disability & premature death
Our Mission
To establish, encourage, assist and support, medical, social welfare and educational activities, pertaining to deserving or under privileged patients
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care, safety, and treatment.
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