Rosary Christian Hospital
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Rosary Christian Hospital is a medical facility in Okara
, Pakistan, owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad
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priest to visit Pakistan. Since 2004, Rosary Christian Hospital, a nonprofit charitable institution in the village of Rehmpur, has been serving the people of Okara and surrounding areas. The Hospital Administrator in 2011 was Father Aldino Amato, an Italian missionary. In 2007 they received a grant of 2,737 USD from Italy for the prevention and cure of the eye diseases.
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Okara
Okara can have several meanings:* Okara * Okara, Pakistan*Okara Tehsil* Okara District, Pakistan* Gabriel Okara, a Nigerian writer....
, Pakistan, owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad
Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan.Erected in 1960, as the Diocese of Lyallpur, the diocese was created from the Diocese of Multan...
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History
Construction of Rosary Christian Hospital started in 2001 when Italian Father Rino Metrini became the first CamillianCamillians
The Camillians or Ministers to the Sick are a Roman Catholic religious order of the type of Regular Clerks, founded by Saint Camillus de Lellis. A red cross was chosen by Camillus as the distinguishing badge for the members of the Order to wear upon their black cassocks...
priest to visit Pakistan. Since 2004, Rosary Christian Hospital, a nonprofit charitable institution in the village of Rehmpur, has been serving the people of Okara and surrounding areas. The Hospital Administrator in 2011 was Father Aldino Amato, an Italian missionary. In 2007 they received a grant of 2,737 USD from Italy for the prevention and cure of the eye diseases.
Tuberculosis Clinic
TB is one of the diseases which is spreading rapidly in the country. It is a major cause of mortality and a threat to the health of the Pakistani population. Seeing the need for TB control, the Hospital started a TB clinic in 2004. A chest specialist comes to check the patients once a week. All TB patients admitted for treatment are provided with free food, medicine and board and lodging. The Government is helping with medicines and diagnostic instruments which are needed for investigations. In 2009 there were 20-25 TB patients admitted, both male and female.School Project
Father Amato has also been working for many years in the school of the Rosary Christian Hospital. The School has more than 2,000 students from kindergarten to high school. In 2008, 43 re-cycled computers were donated by an Italian LinuxLinux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
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