Ali Memorial Hospital is a state of the art, private sector hospital opened its doors in 2007. With 100 beds, it ranks among the largest private hospitals in the Bahawalnagar and is widely recognized for the excellence in care it has traditionally provided to all who use its services. Its full complement of medical staff members represents a wide range of specialists, with many physicians being leaders in their specializations.
The hospital qualitatively facilitates with:
*Intensive-care unit
*american-technology based operation theaters
*Radiology
*Pathological laboratory
*Diabetes clinic
*Electro-Echocardiography
The outpatient department (OPD) provides consultation to about 1,000 walk in patients during day and evening shifts. The number of patients coming for consultation and diagnosis makes it one of the busiest hospitals amongst the private sector health care institutes. Our Outreach Programme caters to the needs of people living in the outskirts of Lahore on alternate days. Both the Cardiac Care Unit and the Surgical Care Unit make extensive use of the most updated technology in critical patient care. Open Heart surgeries have recently been introduced. New Paeds Nursery and Ward, Gynae OPD, Pathology Laboratory and Clinical Services - latest and upgraded equipment including CT scan are working to their full capacities.
The hospital qualitatively facilitates with:
*Intensive-care unit
*american-technology based operation theaters
*Radiology
*Pathological laboratory
*Diabetes clinic
*Electro-Echocardiography
The outpatient department (OPD) provides consultation to about 1,000 walk in patients during day and evening shifts. The number of patients coming for consultation and diagnosis makes it one of the busiest hospitals amongst the private sector health care institutes. Our Outreach Programme caters to the needs of people living in the outskirts of Lahore on alternate days. Both the Cardiac Care Unit and the Surgical Care Unit make extensive use of the most updated technology in critical patient care. Open Heart surgeries have recently been introduced. New Paeds Nursery and Ward, Gynae OPD, Pathology Laboratory and Clinical Services - latest and upgraded equipment including CT scan are working to their full capacities.
Global AIDS Walks began as an innovative program to combat the spreading HIV/AIDS pandemic among youth.
It was officially begun in 1998 by , a former Harvard lecturer on AIDS vulnerabilities of youth and women. Chittick designed his series of AIDS Walks to educate teens at the grassroots level. He serves as the founder and executive director of the 501(c)(3) non-profit TeenAIDS-PeerCorps (TA-PC). He is known to young people simply as “Dr. John.”
The purpose of the Walks is to share best practices pertaining to youth HIV prevention, and build a network of volunteers trained to educate their friends, called “PeerCorps.” When Chittick presented his Harvard doctoral research at the 1994 International AIDS Conference in Yokohama, Japan, he was one of a handful of international researchers focusing on adolescent issues because most attention was concentrated on assisting the original high-risk populations and finding medical solutions.
The Beginning
Unofficially, the pilot program for the Global AIDS Walks began in 1992 while Chittick was working on his thesis, “Adolescents and AIDS: The Third Wave” (1994). In 1992 and 1993 Chittick visited the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Canada to test his hypothesis that young people were eager to hear the unadulterated facts to prevent HIV. He predicted that a growing yet largely unnoticed pandemic would become apparent, at a time when few studies suggested that youths were at risk. AIDS pioneer Dr. Jonathan Mann, first head of WHO’s Global Program on AIDS and a Harvard mentor, arranged Chittick’s paid attendance at the Yokohama Conference so that he could share his youth prevention research.
Dr. Mann also recommended Chittick for his initial overseas assignment to Vietnam sponsored by the Japanese foundation “World Environment and Peace” (WEP). During this work period, he helped the HoChiMinh City AIDS Committee organize a major youth campaign in Vietnam’s largest city. Chittick was able to put his training methods into practice building a large network of PeerCorps volunteers in and around Saigon. He called his direct grassroots outreach “AIDS Attacks” because youths were surprised when he personally approached them with HIV prevention information.
In 1998, Chittick announced he was undertaking a “Journey of a Lifetime,” the precursor to the Global AIDS Walks. Since then, he has visited 88 countries through 2014 (see list attached). His international, educational mission is unique in the history of AIDS. It has caught the attention of the public and media.
Dr. John receives numerous invitations from youths requesting visits to their countries. In South Korea, a high school student was persistent in his invitation. As a result, Chittick received official support from the Korean Federation for AIDS Prevention. He was invited to Jordan by the Ministries of Health and Education in large part because King Abdullah II had also attended the same prep school, Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
How the Walks are Conducted
Dr. John travels with his ubiquitous business cards that are printed in each indigenous language and cover the most salient, medically accurate points on how to avoid transmission. It was young Vietnamese volunteers that suggested he modify his business cards for youths to read and tuck in their pockets to avoid carrying brochures that could be problematic for adults in their lives.
Chittick encourages young people to videotape and photograph his global outreach and many of these excerpts are carried on the TeenAIDS’ YouTube channel and are available in the short film, “Global Walk of Dr. John.” In Vietnam, urban PeerCorps volunteers conducted rural AIDS Attacks using motorbike brigades. This method has been replicated in other nations using public and private transportation to move about.
Dr. John usually visits countries with a planned itinerary made with official government and NGO contacts. However, when entering as a tourist, he gets off the plane, bus or train and introduces himself to young people with: “Hi, I’m Dr. John and I have information that will save your best friend’s life. Do you want to hear?” This unorthodox and personal approach is a psychological hook and has led to many chance meetings that are both spontaneous and serendipitous. He volunteers his time, talent, and in many cases, his own money to start new youth programs overseas. He sometimes travels with college interns who assist in training teens. In some countries, he has spent months; in others weeks, depending on requests for help and his resources.
His ultimate goal is to reach and train 400,000 youth in 100 countries on all 6 continents in 2016 when he reaches 68. A number of former PeerCorps volunteers have gone on to take leadership roles in TA-PC including the current board president who is from both Massachusetts and the Dominican Republic.
Dr. John is a most unlikely person to be doing extensive overseas travel that takes him into tough urban slums and remote rural outposts because he has heart disease (a quadruple bypass in 1995), a long history of diabetes, and other significant health complications. He is overweight and one article referred to his story as “Fat Man Walking.” Most youths describe him as jolly, friendly, and funny but deadly serious about the need to prevent HIV. Dr. John prefers wearing bright Hawaiian shirts in his daily work and interactions with both teens or with government officials.
He sends personalized postcards from the road to his contributors in appreciation for their tax-deductible donations because a picture is worth 1000 words. TA-PC chooses not to take taxpayer dollars because too often these monies come with onerous strings attached. He chooses not to promote abstinence-only education favored by many governments and adult institutions because it is not based on the current reality of young people’s lives. Most all studies show the majority begins sexual experimentation in their teens. The TA-PC Mission Statement emphasizes, “It is the human right of all maturing adolescents to have the medically accurate facts to prevent HIV that cannot be denied them.”
There have been some complications when traveling including an arrest in Cuba that U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy’s office resolved with the help of the Swiss Embassy. In southern China, his business cards were confiscated; in the Congo DR and Nigeria bribes had to be paid to release volunteers from police custody on trumped up charges. There was a kidnapping threat in Colombia after Chittick appeared on TV; and in Belarus and eastern Ukraine, his movements were shadowed by state police.
Countries visited on the Global AIDS Walks 1992-2014
Between 1992 and the end of 2014, Dr. Chittick has traveled to 88 countries, the first such accomplishment in the history of AIDS. He welcomes invitations from youth, NGO’s and government ministries who want the latest youth HIV prevention and trainings. He provides his services for free, but needs assistants with in-country transportation, young translators and guides, complimentary or inexpensive lodging, and visa invitations.
Algeria • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bangladesh • Belarus • Belgium
• Bosnia/Herzegovina • Brazil • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • • Cambodia
• Canada • China • Colombia • • Costa Rica • Croatia • Cuba • Cyprus •
Czech Republic • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Egypt • France • French Guiana •
• Germany • Ghana • Greece • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong
• Hungary • India • Indonesia • Israel • Italy • Ivory Coast • Japan • Jordan •
Kenya • Laos • Lebanon • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Moldova • Morocco •
Nepal • Netherlands • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Palestine • Panama •
Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Rwanda • Serbia • Singapore
• Slovakia • Slovenia • South Africa • South Korea • Spain • Sudan • Suriname •
Switzerland • Syria • Thailand • Togo • Trinidad & Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey •
Uganda • Ukraine • United Kingdom • United States • Uruguay • Vatican City •
Venezuela • Vietnam
It was officially begun in 1998 by , a former Harvard lecturer on AIDS vulnerabilities of youth and women. Chittick designed his series of AIDS Walks to educate teens at the grassroots level. He serves as the founder and executive director of the 501(c)(3) non-profit TeenAIDS-PeerCorps (TA-PC). He is known to young people simply as “Dr. John.”
The purpose of the Walks is to share best practices pertaining to youth HIV prevention, and build a network of volunteers trained to educate their friends, called “PeerCorps.” When Chittick presented his Harvard doctoral research at the 1994 International AIDS Conference in Yokohama, Japan, he was one of a handful of international researchers focusing on adolescent issues because most attention was concentrated on assisting the original high-risk populations and finding medical solutions.
The Beginning
Unofficially, the pilot program for the Global AIDS Walks began in 1992 while Chittick was working on his thesis, “Adolescents and AIDS: The Third Wave” (1994). In 1992 and 1993 Chittick visited the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Canada to test his hypothesis that young people were eager to hear the unadulterated facts to prevent HIV. He predicted that a growing yet largely unnoticed pandemic would become apparent, at a time when few studies suggested that youths were at risk. AIDS pioneer Dr. Jonathan Mann, first head of WHO’s Global Program on AIDS and a Harvard mentor, arranged Chittick’s paid attendance at the Yokohama Conference so that he could share his youth prevention research.
Dr. Mann also recommended Chittick for his initial overseas assignment to Vietnam sponsored by the Japanese foundation “World Environment and Peace” (WEP). During this work period, he helped the HoChiMinh City AIDS Committee organize a major youth campaign in Vietnam’s largest city. Chittick was able to put his training methods into practice building a large network of PeerCorps volunteers in and around Saigon. He called his direct grassroots outreach “AIDS Attacks” because youths were surprised when he personally approached them with HIV prevention information.
In 1998, Chittick announced he was undertaking a “Journey of a Lifetime,” the precursor to the Global AIDS Walks. Since then, he has visited 88 countries through 2014 (see list attached). His international, educational mission is unique in the history of AIDS. It has caught the attention of the public and media.
Dr. John receives numerous invitations from youths requesting visits to their countries. In South Korea, a high school student was persistent in his invitation. As a result, Chittick received official support from the Korean Federation for AIDS Prevention. He was invited to Jordan by the Ministries of Health and Education in large part because King Abdullah II had also attended the same prep school, Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
How the Walks are Conducted
Dr. John travels with his ubiquitous business cards that are printed in each indigenous language and cover the most salient, medically accurate points on how to avoid transmission. It was young Vietnamese volunteers that suggested he modify his business cards for youths to read and tuck in their pockets to avoid carrying brochures that could be problematic for adults in their lives.
Chittick encourages young people to videotape and photograph his global outreach and many of these excerpts are carried on the TeenAIDS’ YouTube channel and are available in the short film, “Global Walk of Dr. John.” In Vietnam, urban PeerCorps volunteers conducted rural AIDS Attacks using motorbike brigades. This method has been replicated in other nations using public and private transportation to move about.
Dr. John usually visits countries with a planned itinerary made with official government and NGO contacts. However, when entering as a tourist, he gets off the plane, bus or train and introduces himself to young people with: “Hi, I’m Dr. John and I have information that will save your best friend’s life. Do you want to hear?” This unorthodox and personal approach is a psychological hook and has led to many chance meetings that are both spontaneous and serendipitous. He volunteers his time, talent, and in many cases, his own money to start new youth programs overseas. He sometimes travels with college interns who assist in training teens. In some countries, he has spent months; in others weeks, depending on requests for help and his resources.
His ultimate goal is to reach and train 400,000 youth in 100 countries on all 6 continents in 2016 when he reaches 68. A number of former PeerCorps volunteers have gone on to take leadership roles in TA-PC including the current board president who is from both Massachusetts and the Dominican Republic.
Dr. John is a most unlikely person to be doing extensive overseas travel that takes him into tough urban slums and remote rural outposts because he has heart disease (a quadruple bypass in 1995), a long history of diabetes, and other significant health complications. He is overweight and one article referred to his story as “Fat Man Walking.” Most youths describe him as jolly, friendly, and funny but deadly serious about the need to prevent HIV. Dr. John prefers wearing bright Hawaiian shirts in his daily work and interactions with both teens or with government officials.
He sends personalized postcards from the road to his contributors in appreciation for their tax-deductible donations because a picture is worth 1000 words. TA-PC chooses not to take taxpayer dollars because too often these monies come with onerous strings attached. He chooses not to promote abstinence-only education favored by many governments and adult institutions because it is not based on the current reality of young people’s lives. Most all studies show the majority begins sexual experimentation in their teens. The TA-PC Mission Statement emphasizes, “It is the human right of all maturing adolescents to have the medically accurate facts to prevent HIV that cannot be denied them.”
There have been some complications when traveling including an arrest in Cuba that U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy’s office resolved with the help of the Swiss Embassy. In southern China, his business cards were confiscated; in the Congo DR and Nigeria bribes had to be paid to release volunteers from police custody on trumped up charges. There was a kidnapping threat in Colombia after Chittick appeared on TV; and in Belarus and eastern Ukraine, his movements were shadowed by state police.
Countries visited on the Global AIDS Walks 1992-2014
Between 1992 and the end of 2014, Dr. Chittick has traveled to 88 countries, the first such accomplishment in the history of AIDS. He welcomes invitations from youth, NGO’s and government ministries who want the latest youth HIV prevention and trainings. He provides his services for free, but needs assistants with in-country transportation, young translators and guides, complimentary or inexpensive lodging, and visa invitations.
Algeria • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bangladesh • Belarus • Belgium
• Bosnia/Herzegovina • Brazil • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • • Cambodia
• Canada • China • Colombia • • Costa Rica • Croatia • Cuba • Cyprus •
Czech Republic • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Egypt • France • French Guiana •
• Germany • Ghana • Greece • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong
• Hungary • India • Indonesia • Israel • Italy • Ivory Coast • Japan • Jordan •
Kenya • Laos • Lebanon • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Moldova • Morocco •
Nepal • Netherlands • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Palestine • Panama •
Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • Rwanda • Serbia • Singapore
• Slovakia • Slovenia • South Africa • South Korea • Spain • Sudan • Suriname •
Switzerland • Syria • Thailand • Togo • Trinidad & Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey •
Uganda • Ukraine • United Kingdom • United States • Uruguay • Vatican City •
Venezuela • Vietnam
Medical Guardian, LLC. is a leading medical alert system provider based here in the US and available nationwide. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, Medical Guardian provides affordable and reliable medical alert devices that allow people to age in place with dignity and independence. The company offers several product options to fit different lifestyles and budgets. Medical Guardian was founded by Geoff Gross, who currently serves as the company's President.
History
Founder Geoff Gross discussed the beginnings of the company with the Philadelphia Inquirer, stating that, "My father was in the home-security business, so I got to learn about that, and medical alarms seemed like the same model. My goal was to start as a dealer. Others would handle the back-office operations and we'd be marketing and sales. When I started, I advertised online, calls would come in, I'd sell the calls and we grew." Revenues for the company reached $5-6 million in 2012. Gross is also the founder of Tracking Now, which he sold prior to starting Medical Guardian, and for which he was named to the Philadelphia Business Journals 40 under 40 list in 2009.
In 2013, Medical Guardian earned #1279, as well as grabbing the 41st spot on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Philly 100 List.
Medical Guardian service
Medical Guardian prides itself on its exceptional service. With an award-winning in-house Customer Service team, Medical Guardian will walk you through the installation and activation process. When a Medical Guardian client falls down or has an emergency, such as a heart attack, a dizzy spell, or a stroke, pushing the button connects them to Medical Guardian’s monitoring center who is able to dispatch the appropriate help to the home of the client. Both emergency personnel, family members and friends are able to be contacted, depending on the severity of the emergency.
History
Founder Geoff Gross discussed the beginnings of the company with the Philadelphia Inquirer, stating that, "My father was in the home-security business, so I got to learn about that, and medical alarms seemed like the same model. My goal was to start as a dealer. Others would handle the back-office operations and we'd be marketing and sales. When I started, I advertised online, calls would come in, I'd sell the calls and we grew." Revenues for the company reached $5-6 million in 2012. Gross is also the founder of Tracking Now, which he sold prior to starting Medical Guardian, and for which he was named to the Philadelphia Business Journals 40 under 40 list in 2009.
In 2013, Medical Guardian earned #1279, as well as grabbing the 41st spot on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Philly 100 List.
Medical Guardian service
Medical Guardian prides itself on its exceptional service. With an award-winning in-house Customer Service team, Medical Guardian will walk you through the installation and activation process. When a Medical Guardian client falls down or has an emergency, such as a heart attack, a dizzy spell, or a stroke, pushing the button connects them to Medical Guardian’s monitoring center who is able to dispatch the appropriate help to the home of the client. Both emergency personnel, family members and friends are able to be contacted, depending on the severity of the emergency.
Steve Donohue (Born 1956/1957 Age 58/59) is a trainer in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
Early Life and Career
Donohue graduated from the University of Louisville, and during his time there he served as a student athletic trainer for the New York Jets, where he served for four years. Following graduation, he joined the West Haven Yankees in Connecticut, the Nashville Sounds in Tennessee, and the Columbus Confederate Yankees in Georgia.
Major League Career
Prior to the 1986 season, Donohue was promoted to the major league training staff, and served as an assistant to Gene Monahan from 1986 until Monahan's retirement following the 2011 season. During his career, he has cared for players from the 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009 World Series Championship teams. He was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer prior to the 2012 season, where he has remained ever since.
Early Life and Career
Donohue graduated from the University of Louisville, and during his time there he served as a student athletic trainer for the New York Jets, where he served for four years. Following graduation, he joined the West Haven Yankees in Connecticut, the Nashville Sounds in Tennessee, and the Columbus Confederate Yankees in Georgia.
Major League Career
Prior to the 1986 season, Donohue was promoted to the major league training staff, and served as an assistant to Gene Monahan from 1986 until Monahan's retirement following the 2011 season. During his career, he has cared for players from the 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009 World Series Championship teams. He was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer prior to the 2012 season, where he has remained ever since.