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With an estimated 510,000 new TB cases each year, Pakistan ranks 5th highest amongst the high TB burden countries globally. Approximately a third of these cases fail to be diagnosed or treated and are “missed”, →

Being told you have cancer and might not survive should shake you, but Minahil,17 years of age at the time, went completely numb. All she could think of was how she would console her sobbing mother. →

In 2008, Sufyan Shahzad was diagnosed with cancer. For Sufyan and his family, it seemed like the world had ended when the 12-year-old’s parents were told their son had cancer. →

Ikram should have been running down the streets with his friends and planning his next mischievous move to annoy the elders in the village. Instead, he was quietly lying down →

“I love spending time in school here, it makes it all easy,” says Sibghatullah a 14-year-old battling cancer with all the courage in him. →

“The first time we saw this massive boat, the entire island gathered around it. Men left their cows unattended, women left their stoves burning and, the kids stopped chasing the hens on the farm. →

Fearing the future is normal for most 16-year-olds, but those fears usually get resolved without lasting implications. For Faizan, the fear of the future was a much more serious and life-altering affair. →

In January 2018, Sarah aged 14 was diagnosed with Blood Cancer. A resident of Hassan Colony in Nazimabad, the news of Sarah’s illness shattered her family. To know your child has a terminal disease is devastating, but not being able to afford treatment is crippling. However, help appeared in the form of The Indus Hospital and Sarah was brought in. At the hospital CBC tests and CT scans diagnosed her with Leukemia. The team of doctors and mental health counselors jumped

A miraculous valve procedure was performed by Dr. Arjumand Shauq, Pediatric Cardiologist, The Indus Hospital, transforming the life of Imaz, a 16-year-old boy. →