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March 14, 2021
A rehabilitation and research centre is being established by a United States-based Islamic charitable organisation, Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD), in the outskirts of Karachi and it will be the largest rehab facility for the mentally- and physically-disabled people in Pakistan.
This was stated by Dr Mohsin Ansari, an eminent pediatrician practising in Maryland, US, and serving as the chairman of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and its overseas charity wing HHRD for last several years, as he addressed a news conference at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday.
The US-based paediatrician is currently on a visit to Pakistan. “We are spending $10 million on the establishment of a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre and hospital for the treatment of neurological diseases and rehabilitation of physically- and mentally-disabled people and children in Karachi. This centre would be a gift for the people of Karachi and the rest of Sind
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SA government backs away from Matrix drug pilot program in Riverland
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Natalie Davis and brother Darren with their graduation bears, with (from left) MP Tim Whetstone, PsychMed acting director Quentin Black, psychologist Tina Makris and mentor Nicole Bowering.
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The state government has pulled its support of a drug program after being unsatisfied with a trial it funded for two years to help tackle ice addiction in a regional community.
Key points:
MP Tim Whetstone says not enough evidence has been provided to continue the pilot
The Matrix program director says its own results from the trial are promising