Where can people get care in Okara?

Dooram has not yet found a government list of Okara's hospitals. Volunteers have mapped 6 hospitals and 1 clinic here so far.

Where volunteers on OpenStreetMap have mapped hospitals and clinics. Their map shows where they have been, not everything that exists.

HospitalClinic or doctor

Hospitals named on the map include:

  • DHQ Hospital Okara
  • Dr.Tanseeb Hospital

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, licence ODbL 1.0.

How far is care from here?

Most people (69%) live more than an hour's walk from a hospital or clinic.

Walking time to the nearest hospital or clinic, for everyone living in Okara. Half of people are within 97 minutes.

  • Within an hour's walk31%
  • One to two hours31%
  • More than two hours38%

Sources: walking times, Weiss and others, Nature Medicine 2020 (Malaria Atlas Project), a model at walking pace from facilities mapped in 2019; where people live, WorldPop 2020.

How well are children and mothers looked after in Okara?

Better than Pakistan as a whole on 4 of 5, worse on 1.

From the government's household survey of 2019-20, the newest that goes down to each district. It is not this week's news: it shows the care people in Okara could reach.

  • Are children fully vaccinated?

    83% of children aged 1 to 2, by their vaccination card. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 79% here, 60% across Pakistan.

  • Is a doctor, nurse or midwife at the birth?

    79% of recent births. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do mothers get a check-up after birth?

    45% of mothers. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

  • Do children with diarrhoea get ORS?

    76% of children under 5 who had diarrhoea. Worse than Pakistan as a whole.

    In 2014-15: 66% here, 72% across Pakistan.

  • Do homes have a toilet?

    4% of homes have none. Better than Pakistan as a whole.

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey, District Level, 2019-20, tables 4.3 B, 4.7 B, 4.11, 4.12, 7.2. The birth figure adds together doctors, nurses, midwives and lady health visitors, the report's own definition of skilled help at a birth (page 197 of the PDF).

Sources. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.