About IMRA
IMRA (International Medical Relief Agency) is a U.K based charity providing medical relief world-wide. Our team consists of over 100 medical professionals whose primary aim is to educate and train those in the medical profession to better the healthcare of the most underprivileged countries in the world. To date we have assisted over 1000 patients, equating to approx. £4 million.
Our Mission
Dr.Haroon Khan ‐ founder and chair of IMRA
Share your medical know how and contribute to humanity
This vision is to be achieved by providing the following:
- Send suitably qualified medical personnel to other countries
- To provide education and healthcare to underprivileged populations of the world
- Support the local health care system and training of local healthcare personnel
- To provide primary and preventative medical care
The best way I could help to improve the health care in Pakistan was to set up a charity which then will work towards transfer of technology.
Our History
IMRA started in 2001 within a small premises in Manchester, consisting of friends and colleagues from within the ENT field. The charity’s first major role was to collect funds for those suffering due to the 2005 earthquake in Northern Pakistan. IMRA collected enough funds to build 2 weather-proof wards that could each assist 16 patients.
IMRA was registered with the Charity Commission in 2001. In the year preceding its registration, ENT doctors, mainly from overseas, held consultations and discussions on how IMRA could help deliver expert medical care.
IMRA subsequently arranged regular academic meetings and held discussions about providing charitable medical services overseas.
In 2005, a massive earthquake struck Pakistan. In response, IMRA supplied two weatherproof wards, each capable of accommodating 16 patients.
In 2006, IMRA began discussions with hospitals in both rural and urban areas of Pakistan. In 2008, IMRA launched its Middle Ear Surgery Programme and transported all the necessary surgical equipment from the UK.
Since then, the Middle Ear Surgery Programme has grown from one centre to four centres, with more than 35 projects completed. In addition, several other surgical programmes have been introduced, including Cochlear Implant Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, and Sinus Surgery.
IMRA has also donated extensive medical equipment to hospitals and healthcare facilities in various countries.
