Lahore: Alkhidmat Foundation's 16 mobile health units are providing free medical services to people in remote and disaster-affected areas across the country. Since their launch in 2022, the units have provided healthcare services to more than 1.2 million people and conducted over 405,000 medical and laboratory tests.
The mobile health units are currently operating in different parts of the country, with three based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five in Sindh, three in Balochistan, three in Punjab, and one each in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The units are designed to extend basic healthcare to areas where permanent hospitals or medical centres are not available. They provide medical screening, basic laboratory testing and free medicines, besides raising health awareness among local communities.
Speaking on the occasion, Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan Vice President Dr Zahid Latif said the mobile health units were launched during the devastating floods of 2022, when damaged infrastructure and disrupted road links made it difficult to provide medical assistance to affected communities.
He said the units had subsequently continued to provide medical services during natural disasters and other emergencies. Their services included medical assistance during the floods of 2022 and 2025, the Biparjoy cyclone in coastal areas, healthcare for Afghan refugees along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, and emergency medical activities in affected areas of Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, during episodes of Pakistan-India tensions.
The mobile units also provided medical assistance during various natural disasters in Buner, Bajaur and Swat districts of the Malakand Division. Dr Latif said Alkhidmat's mobile health units had also participated in consultative and collaborative activities with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Dr Latif said the mobile health units were part of Alkhidmat Health Services' wider healthcare network, which currently comprised 60 hospitals, 55 medical centres, 68 pharmacies, 39 diagnostic centres, 136 laboratories and blood collection centres, 300 ambulances and 16 mobile health units across the country.
He said more than 11.47 million people had benefited from Alkhidmat Health Services during the previous year.
He said Alkhidmat would continue providing basic healthcare services to people in remote and disaster-affected areas to ensure timely medical assistance for those in need.