IHHN Provides Urgent Medical Relief to Flood-Affected Families in Buner & Shangla

In response to recent floods, Indus Hospital & Health Network organized four consecutive free emergency health camps in Buner, ensuring families had access to urgent medical care when local services were disrupted.

Rapid Care When It Was Needed Most

From August 21–24, the CHD team organized four emergency health camps in Buner, reaching a total of 547 patients.

Day 1 (Aug 21): 102 patients were treated. Five patients tested positive for malaria and received immediate treatment.

Day 2 (Aug 22): 170 patients, including 82 men, 88 women, and 35 children under 15. Common conditions included fever, bloody diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, UTIs, anemia, skin infections, eye infections, and hypertension. Fourteen patients (11 women, 3 men) with uncontrolled hypertension received care. Nine malaria cases were also confirmed and treated.

Days 3–4 (Aug 23–24): 275 additional patients were reached across two camps, with a continued focus on flood-borne diseases, malaria, respiratory infections, and chronic illnesses.

Expanding Relief Efforts

Building on the earlier camps, IHHN’s CHD team continued its outreach with seven additional health camps from August 27–29 in flood-affected areas of Buner and Shangla districts, treating over 1,100 patients in just three days.

Patients included men, women, and children suffering from flood-related illnesses such as:
Malaria,Fever, flu, and cough,Acute respiratory infections (ARI),Conjunctivitis and eye infections,Diarrhea UTIs,Skin diseases,General weakness and anemia,Diabetes and hypertension,Accidental and emergency cases.
Total reach (Aug 21–29): Nearly 1,650 patients across Buner and Shangla.

Voices from the Community
“After the floods, every step felt heavy. The water receded, but illness remained… When the doctor gave me medicines and assured me my children would recover, I knew we were not alone.”  Shazia Bibi

“There was no doctor, no clinic—only broken roads and fear. The free medical care and medicines I received brought me the first sense of relief since the floods.” Muhammad Sharif, Kot Dera village

What We Provided
Free medical consultations and essential medicines
On-site rapid diagnostics (including malaria)
Management of acute infections and chronic illnesses (e.g., hypertension, anemia)
Health education and guidance on prevention and follow-up

What’s Next
IHHN’s CHD team will continue organizing free medical camps in flood-affected areas across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reaching communities with limited access to health services.