Patients'_Welfare_Association
The Patients' Welfare Association (PWA) is a non-political, non-governmental organization (NGO) located within Civil Hospital, Karachi run by the students of Dow Medical College, which works for the medical aid of underprivileged patients by providing a number of services free of cost. The organization depends upon its donors and volunteers for its functionality and maintenance. Other than conventional charity donations and zakat funds, PWA also holds many fund raising campaigns such as bakesales and promotion in school campuses.[1][2][3] Established in 1979, by three students of Dow Medical College,[2][4] it soon transformed from being a small student based organization to a much larger movement with much coverage of their humanitarian deeds being publicized by means of local Television channels, Newspaper,[5][6][7] Radio as well as their own newsletter which is circulated in their locality.[8][9]
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