Ibn Sina Foundation

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Ibn Sina Foundation

• Community Medical Center

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Hossein Ibn Ali Ibn Sina who is well-known across
the world as Avicenna, and given the epithet
master of all physician, was born to a noble and
erudite family in the year 979 in one of
Bokhara's villages. This superior physician,
later became the most influential person in the
arenas of science and philosophy in the world of
Islam. He learned the glorious koran at the age
of five and soon attained maturity and perfection
in religious studies. Bu-Ali started reading
medicine and philosophy at 16, compiled and wrote
the significant treatise (book) of Ghanoon, a
masterpiece concerning medicine in 14 volumes
when he was barely 19. Avicenna produced over 180
essays and treatises during his life time. Apart
from medicine and philosophy, he also outmastered
his contemporaries in logic, mathematics,
astronomy, natural sciences, music, alchemy as
well as many other areas of investigations.
Avicennas canon of medicine became a standard
work and dominated western medical practices
until the Renaissance. As an outstanding Islamic
philosopher and physician, Avicennas writings
(Ibn-e-Sina, 980-1037 A.D.) combined the teaching
of Aristotle with Neoplatonic ideas and greatly
influenced the development of medieval western
philosophy.
Ibn Sina's portrait adorns the great hall of the
Faculty of Medicine in the University of Paris
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Ibn Sinas Qanun fi al-Tibb is an immense
encyclopedia of medicine extending over a million
words. It surveyed the entire medical knowledge
available from ancient and Muslim sources. Due to
its systematic approach, "formal perfection as
well as its intrinsic value, the Qanun superseded
Razi's Hawi, Ali Ibn Abbas's Maliki, and even the
works of Galen, and remained supreme for six
centuries". In addition to bringing together the
then available knowledge, the book is rich with
the author's original contribution. His important
original contribution includes such advances as
recognition of the contagious nature of phthisis
and tuberculosis distribution of diseases by
water and soil, and interaction between
psychology and health. In addition to describing
pharmacological methods, the book described 760
drugs and became the most authentic materia
medica of the era. He was also the first to
describe meningitis and made rich contributions
to anatomy, gynecology and child health.
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INDEX

• 1. Vision
• 2. Strategy
• 3. Services Rollout
• 4. Intended Goals
• 5. Fundraising
• 6. Lessons Learned
• 7. Operational Results
• 8. Goals for 2003
• 9. The Team

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VISION

• Factors Posing Health Risks
• Unhealthy habits (Smoking, Alcohol Consumption
  and Substance Abuse)
• Change in Dietary Patterns
• Lack of Physical Activity

• Increase life expectancy
• Improve the Quality of life
• Better survival

By Mitigating
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MISSION

• To ensure the health of the community by
  providing integrated preventive and primary care
  in a clinical setting through dissemination and
  application of health related knowledge, thereby
  enhancing the quality of life of future
  generations.

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STRATEGY

• Develop a model grass-roots preventive healthcare
  facility that is instrumental in identifying and
  reducing health-related complications early in
  their inception
• Develop community, government, and service
  partnerships to complement and sustain the
  Ibn-e-Sina initiative.

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STRATEGY

• Build a reliable service delivery process that is
  effective, sustainable, and adapting
• State of the art facility
• Best practices in medicine and community health
• Tight operational and financial controls
• Data capture and mining for community health
  initiatives and impact
• Lay groundwork and competencies to build scale
  and scope for geographic expansion across the
  State of Texas and further across the USA

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SERVICES ROLLOUT

• Multi-lingual staff to cater to needs of children
  and elders
• Services available to all segments of the local
  community
• Special focus on prevention of diseases that can
  be caught early or that deteriorate fast
• Partnerships with local labs, emergency centers
  and hospitals for treating advanced symptoms

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INTENDED GOALS

• Assure quality and accessibility of health care
• Promote and encourage healthy behaviors
• Prevent epidemic and the spread of diseases
• Maintain open communication and better
  relationship with healthcare providers

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Developing a Pro Forma Cash Flow Model Helped in
  Setting Fundraising Goals
• Pledges represents 2/3rd of the initial financial
  goal.
• 50 of the total pledged amount received in first
  60 days of operations.

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Pledges received from 55 donors, with top-ten
  representing over 80 of the total.
• Key factors for Pledges
• Board Members, Sponsors Profile
• Total Cost/Budget for the Project
• Demonstrable Need for subsidized medical services
• Medical Competence Available at Hand
• Vision for the Future

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OPERATIONAL RESULTS

• Staff
• Doctors 2 (part-time)
• Nurses 1 (part-time)
• Manger
• Receptionist
• Total visits by patients
• Exceeds 5000
• Patient comprising of Hispanic (30) and Asian
  Communities (60)
• Patient Reviews
• Generally high level of satisfaction
• Need for day-time hours also
• Room to expand services.

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OPERATIONAL RESULTS

• Hours of operation
• Monday thru Saturday 500 p.m. 900 p.m
• Approx. 25 hours/wk.

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GOALS FOR 2003

• Continue to break-even on financial operations
• Build partnerships with
• Local medical establishments that complement Ibn
  Sinas services and vision
• Federal, State, and Local funding agencies for
  preventive health care program.
• Lay groundwork for such other such facilities
  across The State of Texas and further across the
  USA

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GOALS FOR 2003

• Refine and monitor patient service levels to
  expand and upgrade services if needed
• Undertake extensive pre- and post- visit surveys
  from patients
• Mine data for specific trends in critical health
  care issues that permeate within the local
  community

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TEAM

• Board Members
• Mr. Nasruddin Rupani
• Dr. Dilawar Ajani
• Dr. Aijaz Khowaja
• Mr. Roshan Nazarali
• Mr. Sadruddin Momin
• Mr. Mansoor Amlani
• Dr. Aman Jaffer

• Staff
• Dr. Pervez Qureshi
• Dr. William Osai
• Mr. Fransisco Pacheco (P.A.)
• Mr. V. A. Alvaro Megumi (P.A.)
• Ms. Laura D. Washington (RN)
• Ms. Keshwar Vellani (Med. Asst.)
• Ms. Munira Sachhiani (RN)
• Ms. Gulfishan (Receptionist)
• Ms. Manju Bhervi (Business Manager)