ISAR Foundation supports needy patients with an aim to provide better health facilities to the public. The patients are given free medicines by the ISAR Foundation along with medical check-up.
Pakistan is a developing country and 1/3rd of its population is living below the poverty line. The acquisition of basic facilities of health is the right of every citizen and responsibility of state. More than half of population is deprived of generic facilities of health. The dangers posed to health have increased manifold with the passage of time. The state of health in Pakistan has deteriorated miserably in recent years. Pakistan still faces the problem of less number of doctors, nurses and other necessary items in comparison to the demands of total population. The prices of medicines have shot up and it has become impossible for the common man to afford medication these days. The price of colostral-reducing drugs in India is Rs. 8, while it is Rs. 60 in Pakistan. Likewise the prices of blood pressure-reducing drugs in India and Pakistan stand at Rs. 10 and Rs.100 respectively. There is a great difference in the prices of the drugs composed of the same ingredients of the various companies. The government has promised many a time to set up “Drug Regulatory Authority” but this promise has not been materialized.