Ibadat Hospital was established in 1987 initially by simply upgrading a 10 bedded Day care center to a a short day residential Mental Health Care facility. The Day care center along with out-patient consultation clinic was established in 1983.The center was run as part of community health as a coordinated activity involving Mental Health experts, senior recovered patients, key relatives, spiritual and religious advisors and Family practitioners.
Currently Ibadat Hospital provides most modern mental health, Psychiatric and Drug Dependence treatment facilities, which includes an internationally reputed senior retired professor of psychiatry and his colleague in the specialty, skilled psychotherapists and counselors, attending medical officers, trained nursing and ancillary staff. The hospital has investigation facilities like neuropsychological testing, EEG, ECG and a well-equipped Laboratory. A rented registered pharmacy further facilitates the patients. The hospital is medium sized with modern air conditioned and non-air-conditioned rooms and wards to satisfy the financial capacity of the patients. The mainstream of patients are outdoor patients which are given consultation services every day from 9 to 5 pm daily except Sundays and national holidays. The services are further integrated with an NGO Horizon in order to cater the needs of poor and needy through a technical and financial assistance on regular basis. For this purpose, Horizon is provided with rent free office and a periodic financial grant in aid by the Ibadat Hospital.
The Hospital is a private registered company with Five-member board of directors. In the past 20 years thousands of patients were benefitted from this healthcare facility.
Ibadat Hospital is registered by the KPK HEALTH REGULATION AUTHORITY. Ibadat hospital has a legal advisor and other Professional advisors. The hospital has an effective networking with other experts in the medical, surgical and allied fields for prompt consultation and necessary help. It may be emphasized that there is increasing multimorbidity in this region which results into complex emergencies due to the effects of War, Trauma, pollution refugee influx, increasingly internally displaced communities, rapid population growth and poverty bomb. Keeping in view of these realities the hospital provides opportunities and encourages young doctors, nurses and clinical psychologists to go through an internship training in disaster mental health management. Approximately more than one hundred persons are trained as a mental health and drug abuse resources persons, who are delivering services In and outside Pakistan, especially neighboring Afghanistan.
Ibadat hospital caters for a sizeable number of Pakistani and Afghani communities. Since its inception the popularity and number of patients are increasing with encouragement. As patients with different socioeconomic strata attend for consultation, therefore the fee structure is accordingly adjusted. For example, every day more than20 to 30 patients are given discounts in consultation fee. Professor Dr. Mufti per his nature carries out patient’s fee reduction requests, generously and positively. It is the Hospital policy to give free consultation to the needy poor. For this purpose, Friday clinic is by large a free clinic. Even on any working day poor patients are compensated. Ibadat hospital gives generous donations to HORIZON, a sister Health relief agency to carry out their notable tasks for humanity smoothly.
The hospital has a satisfactory security system which include security team and the CCTV arrangements. Hospital is equipped with the necessary fire extinguishers and with three emergency Exits in case of an unwanted emergency. All the plastic materials, glass and needle materials are send for proper disposition in accordance with the Environmental Protection Laws.
OBJECTIVES
1-To fill the gap of treatment for the mentally ill.
2-To provide affordable estate of art treatment for mentally ill.
3_ To de stigmatize mental illness.
4- To cater the treatment requirement for low and poor income patients, through financial relief.
