JEDDAH — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Thursday an agreement with the government of Pakistan to establish 15 mobile medical clinics in remote rural regions of the country. IDB will build the clinics by using a part of the SR1 billion donated by a Saudi philanthropist to establish primary healthcare clinics in rural areas in Muslim countries, according to Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Ali, president of IDB. The agreement was signed by Ali and Pakistan's Minister of Finance and Economy Muhammad Ishaq Dar. According to the agreement, the clinics will provide primary healthcare, as well as healthcare for women and children, in addition to internal medicine and general surgery units. IDB will run the clinics for five years and then Pakistan will take over their operation. Ali said that the donation of SR1 billion will be used to establish a total of 75 mobile medical clinics and the beneficiaries also include villagers of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
