Umeed (Hope) Hospital, Mureed, Chakwal is a vision of two brothers Haji Murid Sultan (late) and Haji Taleh Mehdi. This dream is becoming a reality slowly but surely. When its foundation stone was laid on 19th June 2005 and work finally started in January 2006, after a detailed plan was laid out keeping in mind all the requirements of a modern and a well equipped Hospital.

Our Founder Trustee Haji Taleh Mehdi, is dedicating all his time and efforts to accomplish their vision. He has the utmost determination to alleviate the pain and suffering caused by preventable diseases that he himself has witnessed during his visits to the district of Chakwal. 

Al-Ain is sponsoring Haji Taleh Mehdi to realise this vision until the project is complete. We have already been focusing our activities on realising this project. The land 7 Kanals (32,000SqFt) valued at Rs70Million (£350K) for the Hospital project was donated by Haji Taleh Mehdi alone, and further £150K toward the building of the Hope Hospital. Funding for the construction of the hospital is mainly covered through our commercial activities. Our policy is not to utilise any cash donation unless specifically donated to and for Hope Hospital Project.

Donations and grants provided by Al-Ain UK are mostly used to run the hospital, and to carry out free medical and eye camps in remote areas of Pakistan. We have a sister charity registered in Pakistan with the same name, and the funds are transferred directly from bank to bank. The sister charity in Pakistan has its own board of trustees, who oversee the running of the hospital and all other our projects including our camps activities.

Charity's vision is that no one has to pay for healthcare at the point of delivery. Lots of poor people often lose their loved ones because they cannot pay for medical treatment. All the trustees have endorsed this vision.

A 40 bed facility (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ‎ ) is now operational.  It includes two operating theatres; one dedicated to eye surgery, a pharmacy and a fully equipped laboratory providing a comprehensive list of Pathology tests.  The Hospital is now fully equipped to cater for both primary and secondary eye care services. A routine weekly cataract removal surgery list is taking place at the hospital under the supervision of Eye Surgeon Dr Gulzar. We also run a General Practice clinic with qualified male and female doctors totally free for poor patients. Two ambulances and one community ambulance with 18 seats makes it easier for the poor to travel to Hospital; this ambulance routinely visits surrounding villages and provides cost-free transit to and from the hospital. 

Our medical team routinely holds free medical camps in remote locations of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir allowing us to bring healthcare services to the doorsteps of people who do not have the means of transport. 

Last year during our camps we screened nearly 5,000 patients; of which 2,800 had their sight tested, 2,200 patients had a health check and were provided with medicines; We performed 99 cataract surgeries; and gave out 385 reading glasses. 

Similarly, ever since we opened the hospital, we have served over 60,000 patients and performed 1000s of cataract-removal operations and this number is continually increasing.  

There is still a long way to go to create a modern health complex that can cover a wide arrange of services for poor patients, so we would have to refer them to other hospitals. We do thank our supporters from the bottom of our heart for their kind donations that are keeping the hospital running. 

Hope Hospital is situated in the historical village Mureed of District Chakwal. The Hospital idea originated after a free eye camp held in village Mureed by Al-Ain. Initially, our plan was to establish a small Eye care clinic. However, with financial support from our current Chairman Haji Taleh Mehdi, who donated land to Al-Ain measuring 40,000 sq ft and large poultry farm building with a total value of Rs100 Million (£500K), a poultry farm building has been transformed into an outstanding hospital building with modern and state of the art eye and healthcare facilities. The hospital will have the facility for 100 beds once fully completed.