Diabetic and Medical Center (MOVE DMC)

Affordable Healthcare

Diabetic and Medical Center


MOVE currently runs a Diabetic and Medical Center (MOVE DMC) with the objective of providing high-quality testing and treatment for diabetes and related diseases as well as general healthcare services to low-income families at significantly discounted prices.

Program Highlights
• Over 137,000 patients treated since 2008.
• Published prices are at a 40 to 45% discount to market prices on similar services.
• Numerous free sugar and medical camps set up at various locations since 2008.
• Since 2008, over 137,000 patients have been treated at the MOVE DMC.

The objectives of the MOVE DMC are:
• To provide good-quality healthcare services at affordable prices to low-income families.
• To concentrate on encouraging a culture of preventive healthcare and early diagnosis and treatment by setting up free medical camps and satellite Collection Centres in under-privileged communities, which will bring healthcare services to the doorstep of the poor.
• To reduce unemployment by providing jobs to trained doctors, lab technicians, nurses, and others over time.
• To focus on a clearly under-served area, i.e. providing medical services to under-privileged communities at affordable prices.

The DMC opened its doors to patients on January 16, 2008.

• At 4pm, on that day, our first patient, Ms Pathani Bibi, arrived for a sugar test. We received only two patients on that day.
• On November 11, 2008, Mr Ghulam Badar, became our 5000th patient.
• Since 2008, over 100,000 patients have been treated at the MOVE DMC.

The DMC is located on a 4,800 sq.yards plot in North Nazimabad, Karachi. This piece of land and associated buildings have been made available by Anjuman-e-Ahbab Society at no cost to MOVE.

MOVE Diabetic & Medical Center 2024 2023 2022 2021
Number of Patients Treated 4,085 4,402 14,295 7,792
Number of Free Medical Camps Set-up
Number of Patients Treated Free
Number of Doctors and Technicians 12 16 16
MOVE Diabetic & Medical Center 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Number of Patients Treated 3,474 10,260 11,306 11,915 11,593 11,247 11,598 12,921 14,952 10,249 5,804 7,961 5,945
Number of Free Medical Camps Set-up 0 3 7 4 5 3 2 Nil 8 10 5 13 5
Number of Patients Treated Free 618 3182 3331 3351 3253 1025 211 Nil 1,210 718 430 1,080 890
Number of Doctors and Technicians 15 18 15 18 16 16 15 15 24 25 18 14 10
Patients Treated in Free OPD Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015 220 218 256
2016 257 211 253 236 301 235 222 460 207 256 261 216
2017 205 242 375 244 150 188 286 340 369 379 263 259
2018 340 262 279 204 209 159 226 222 393 405 300 332
2019 409 424 359 309 124 212 291 237 240 207 200 170
2020 153 120 77 3 0 32 46 37 54 48 48 0