For us, at IKCA, 2020 means 25 years of hope. What does 2020 mean for you? In 25 Years, you’ve helped us establish: Diagnostics Centres nationwide Outreach Screening Clinics nationwide Two Cancer Hospitals in Lahore and Peshawar 91 Laboratory Collection
Did you know that smoking shisha or chewing tobacco is just as harmful as smoking cigarettes? Here’s a report by Dr. Faheem Mahmood Butt, Consultant Pulmonologist at Shaukat Khanum Hospital, about the harms of tobacco consumption in general. Smoking is a worldwide hazard.
On their historic, royal tour of Pakistan, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in Lahore. Prince William was following in the footsteps of his mother, Princess Diana, who visited the hospital twice, when
Every time Asad has to choose a toy, he picks out a superhero figure. He also says that he he’s seen superheroes in real life; not those wearing capes, but those who wear white coats. In 2011, Asad’s father was
Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp, K2 –these are the usual destinations that come to mind when we think of overseas trekking challenges. But what do you do when your intrepid volunteers have covered them all and then some? You seek new
This September, for Childhood Cancer Awareness month, we’re remembering a boy with unbreakable spirit. One of Shaukat Khanum Hospital’s (SKMCH) many child patients, Huzaifa became the face of our Zakat campaign for Ramadan 2016. Two years later, despite all efforts,
How far would you go to save a life? In 2019, volunteers from around the world embarked on an adventure through Gilgit-Baltistan, for IKCA’s first ever Pakistan trekking challenge. Their mission: to bring Imran Khan’s Cancer Appeal to the top
For Eid ul-Adha 2019, IKCA supporters from all over the world offered a total of 18,024 cow shares and 3,192 goats for Qurbani, resulting in 276,400 kgs of donated meat to feed over 40,500 families from Pakistan’s poorest communities. Our
“My biggest fear was not being able to afford my son’s hospital stay and treatment expenses. But Shaukat Khanum staff informed me that the treatment and stay were already all paid for…” – Jayson’s father, Mr. Haroon. When the pain