COVID-19 has taken the whole world in its grip and the coronavirus disease is claiming more and more lives everyday across the globe. Cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have also been confirmed in PAKISTAN and several lives have been lost. There is no cure or vaccine which can provide protection against the deadly coronavirus and the best precaution is to stay indoors to stop the spread of infection.

Bewal International Hospital has taken the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our patients and staff. All staff members have been provided the safety equipment and instructions on how to stop the spread of possible infections. The hospital is fully functional and will keep providing the medical services as normal.

We urge the public to follow the health and safety guidelines issued by the government and stay indoors to save your own lives and the lives of other people around you. If you require any further information then you can contact us.

Our 6th free Hernia mission has finished with great success. Overall 81 procedures were performed on 76 patients. The huge credit goes to the international team (surgeons and anesthetists) who have traveled from England and Australia to come to Bewal International Hospital and made this happened. Thanks to all who supported this good cause.

5th international hernia mission finished with great success. We did 75 operations including one open cholecystectomy, patients included children, adults male and female coming around 20/30 mile radius from Bewal Hospital. May Allah swt give speedy recovery to all those who were operated and big rewards to everyone who support Bewal international hospital(BIH). A big thanks to visiting team from England and Turkey, this good work will continue with further expansion to international cataract camp hopefully in the near future. A day trip to Islamabad at the end of mission was very entertaining and I do hope visiting surgeons and anesthetist enjoyed this.

A team of UK surgeons is heading to Bewal International Hospital in April 2018 to perform a week of hernia surgical procedures and to train local surgeons. We would like to thank Prof Andrew Kingsnorth, his team and the volunteers who selected Pakistan for this great cause.

A lot of people have already contacted us expressing their interest in joining us on this trip and if you are interested in joining us too please feel free to contact us.

Bewal International Hospital central executive committee meeting was held in Birmingham on Saturday the 18th of January 2014. The committee members discussed last years progress and agreed on the strategy for coming year. The attendees included Dr Atiq-ur-Rehman, Malik Iftikhar Ahmed, Ch Mohammed Saeed, Ch Ishtiaq, Majid Ahmed, Iftikhar Ali, Dr Khaleeq-ur-Rehman and Faisal Iqbal.

An event was held in Slough to appreciate the medical work currently being carried out at Bewal International Hospital. This event was organised by Chaudhary Ishtiaq, head of south zone committee. The guests of honour were Ex Tehsil Gujar Khan Nazim Ch Azeem, Col (r) Khurshid Akbar and Mayor of Slough.

The hospital has seen its first baby born since the official opening in April earlier this year. The modern maternity unit will help with saving valuable lives when it is fully in operation because in under-developed areas such as Bewal one in 20 women suffer complications during childbirth – resulting in the death of the mother or their child. The hospital will provide facilities to carry out C sections soon to prevent these avertable deaths.

Bewal International Hospital was inaugurated in a simple but impressive ceremony held at its premises. Hundreds of people from all walks of life including politicians, parliamentarians, teachers, social workers and members of media were present on the occasion. The hospital officially opens three of its key services including maternity, emergency and OPD to public. To mark the inauguration special arrangements were made to welcome the audience.

Senator Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Secretary General Motamar Islami, inaugurated the hospital. The head of BIH, Dr Atiq-ur-Rehman, heads of Midlands and South Zone Malik Waqar, Chaudhry Ishtiaq, Iftikhar Ali, Dr Khaleeq-ur-Rehman and Faisal Iqbal were also present there. Huge tributes were paid to Dr Mohammed Iqbal who not only donated the land where the hospital is built but also solely supervised the construction work. He was greeted and congratulated by everyone including the chief guest who lauded his absolute devotion and commitment to the project. A number of students and friends of Late Haji Abdul Rehman, the father of Dr Atiq, also graced the occasion. The chief guest was shown different wards and consultation rooms by Dr Atiq. He was told that the medical equipment have been imported from UK. The hospital was open to everyone on its inauguration. People visited the hospital all day and they asked many questions about the future treatments of patients and related issues.

Addressing on the occasion, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq described Dr Atiq and his team as sincere Pakistanis who he said though live and work abroad but still think about their people back home. He said he was particularly impressed by the tele-medicine mode of treatment introduced by the Bewal hospital, DR Atiq said the hospital would be fully operational in the next 6months to one year period. He said he was especially impressed by the generosity of UK Pakistani community. He assured the audience of over 1000 people that the hospital will serve masses.