PFS CANADA MISSIONS
Active Missions
India
Our missions operate at Julia Hospital in Jamkhed, India. The hospital has 50 beds and two operating rooms. Julia Hospital has basic laboratory tests and X-Ray’s. There are international surgery camp missions that take place 5 to 6 times per year. Julia Hospital serves a rural, underprivileged population and provides low-cost secondary care to half a million people. They are open 24 hours a day for emergencies and from 9am-5pm for basic outpatient care. Services are provided to patients on a sliding payment scale: patients pay what they can afford. If the patients cannot afford anything, services are provided free of charge.
Ghana
The Leyaata Hospital started construction in 2019 and opened in February 2023. It is the first hospital in this northern region of Ghana and serves a population of over 100,000 persons. This hospital is the fruition of over 11 years of planning by the Northern Empowerment Association (NEA) and Ghana Rural Integrated Development (GRID), partner non-governmental organizations.
Uganda
In 2023, Our team liaised with various potential new mission sites and a new partnership with the University of Soroti in Uganda was successfully formed. A new mission is in development set to launch tentatively in 2024
University of Soroti
Missions On Hold
Bangladesh
PSF Canada has successfully concluded an initial evaluation mission at Square Hospitals Ltd. in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This mission consisted of two parts: The first part was the evaluation of the pharmacy department using the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Basel Statements (2015) and the second part was to evaluate the current clinical pharmacy practice at SHL. These evaluations will provide guidance for further missions in the future.
Tanzania
The purpose of the mission is to provide support and guidance around inventory management. The team has leveraged virtual meeting applications to virtually meet the team on the ground, analyze requirements, gather feedback and develop training material.
The Shirati KMT Hospital is a 150 bed rural hospital serving an area of 200,000 people on the shores of Lake Victoria in Northeastern Tanzania.