Alongside the Shaheen Nagar clinic, AMPI funds a growing network of free care for the poorest families in Hyderabad.
The HHF-AMPI free special ward for tropical and infectious diseases has 20 beds. It treats patients with dengue, typhoid and many other illnesses that need a short hospital stay but not prolonged care.
The ward was inaugurated by Dr Zainab Baig, AMPI board member, on 13 August 2024, and has been full since it opened.
The AMPI-HHF free daycare has 15 beds for patients who need treatment, observation or an IV drip during the day and can go home the same evening. It takes pressure off the inpatient ward and saves families the cost of a private hospital.
Niloufer Hospital is Hyderabad’s main government hospital for women and children. Families arriving from the slums are often lost in its busy corridors. AMPI now funds staffed help desks inside the hospital that guide patients to the right department and help them through the system.
Diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common long-term illnesses we see. To bring care closer to home, AMPI fully funds two new neighbourhood (basti) clinics where patients can have their sugar and blood pressure checked and get their medicines without travelling to the main clinic.
With Helping Hand Foundation, AMPI set up lactation management centers at Khyam Nagar, Rajendra Nagar, Shaheen Nagar, Wadi e Mustafa and Pahadi Sherif, giving mothers privacy to feed their babies and promoting breastfeeding in the community.
