It will serve those too feeble or too far away from cities to receive medical attention otherwise. The ceremony will be held at Auntie Anne s corporate headquarters in Gap, near the border of Lancaster and Chester counties. Auntie Anne s was an important donor of funds for the mobile clinic. Quality medical care is something we almost take for granted in America, but in most countries it is barely accessible at all to large numbers of people, said Rep. Pitts. This vehicle will help people in rural Pakistan get access to medical care they would otherwise have to do without.
Today s send-off is a testament to the generosity of all who contributed to making it possible.
Rep. Pitts ceremonially handed the vehicle s keys over to Nisar Ghuman and Umar Ghuman of the Inayat Begum Memorial Trust whose hospital will be operating the mobile clinic. The vehicle was purchased from the Coatesville Women and Youth Alliance at a discount. Rep. Pitts is a member of the House International Relations Committee, and has taken a strong interest in aiding poor and persecuted people in developing nations. A year ago, he led a similar effort to ship a mobile clinic to Western Saharan refugee camps in Algeria. Rep. Pitts also thanked several students from the Willow Street Career and Technology Center who painted the ambulance.