Pillar One
Free,
always.
Treatment without bills. The poor, widows, orphans, and zakat-eligible pay nothing -- ever. No hidden fees. No admin charges.
Free since 16 March 2016
UK Charity #1106147 · Azad Kashmir
Where the road ends, healthcare begins.
In Bangrilla, a village where the nearest hospital was hours away, Umeed Welfare Trust built something the government could not. A facility that treats thousands, charges nothing, and has not closed its doors since the day it opened.
The OriginOne man gave the land.
One man gave the land.
A community built the rest.
In 2003, Mehrban Hussain donated 2.5 acres of his own land in Bangrilla, Mirpur. He did not write a cheque. He gave the ground beneath his feet.
Over the next thirteen years, a diaspora community in Bradford, UK, raised 40 million rupees to turn that plot into a working hospital. No government grant. No institutional funding. Just families pooling what they could, month after month.
On 16 March 2016, Bangrilla Community Hospital opened its doors to a district where the nearest alternative was hours away. It has not closed them since. Not during floods. Not during lockdowns. Not even during Eid.
"When a hospital stays open on Eid, you know it was built by people who understand what it means to have nowhere else to go."
2003
Land Donated
Mehrban Hussain, a retired businessman, donated 2.5 acres of his own land in Bangrilla, Mirpur.
40M PKR
Community-Raised
A community in Bradford, UK, raised 40 million rupees. Brick by brick. Ward by ward.
2016
Doors Opened
Bangrilla Community Hospital opened on 16 March 2016 and began providing free treatment.
24/7
Never Closed
The hospital operates around the clock, every single day. It has not closed since opening.
From the Hospital
Real patients. Real care.
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Our Purpose
Delivering free, high-quality medical care to the most vulnerable.
A world where no one is denied healthcare or dignity. In Bangrilla, that vision operates 24 hours a day, every single day.
Free,
Pillar Two
Transparent,
always.
Zero trustee pay. Public accounts. UK Charity Commission compliant. Every pound traceable from donor to patient, not to administration.
UK Charity No. 1106147
Pillar Three
Quality,
always.
Specialist medical teams. Modern diagnostic equipment. Facilities comparable to the UK. Free does not mean lesser -- not here.
2,000+ free eye surgeries
Hospital Services
Comprehensive care, completely free.
Every department exists because a community decided that geography should not determine who lives and who does not.
Featured programme
Eye Care & Surgery
Over 2,000 sight-restoring cataract surgeries performed. Decades of blindness reversed. Grandparents seeing their grandchildren for the first time.
2,000+free surgeries and counting
Active
Lifeline care
Dialysis Centre
Life-sustaining kidney treatment for patients who had zero access before the hospital opened.
24/7
Emergency
Round-the-clock accident and emergency. Open every day, 365 a year. Open even during Eid.
Never closed
Dental Care
Preventive and restorative dental services in hygienic, modern facilities -- at no cost to the patient.
Free for all, always
Female-led
Women's Healthcare
Dedicated maternal and gynecological services with female medical staff. Dignity and privacy preserved.
UK-standard credential
Specialist medical teams
Visiting specialists deliver advanced procedures locally so patients do not have to travel for expert care. Standards comparable to, and often surpassing, those found in UK hospitals.
Diagnostic lab on-site
Dedicated ambulance service
UK-qualified visiting consultants
"A fully-equipped dialysis centre -- in a district where the nearest one was hours away."
- 0+
- Free Eye Surgeries
- Since 2016
- Serving the Community
- 24/7/365
- Emergency Care
- 0%
- Zakat to Beneficiaries
Zero Trustee Pay. Full Accountability.
Every penny of Zakat reaches the patient.
Umeed Welfare Trust is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Three trustees govern the hospital. Four registered volunteers support operations.
No trustee has ever drawn a salary. No administrative fee is deducted from Zakat. The annual accounts are public, the doors are open, and every pound is traceable from donor to patient.
When donors say their Zakat goes "100% directly to those who need it," that is not a marketing claim. It is an auditable fact.
Diagnostic laboratory at Bangrilla Community Hospital
Charity Commission Registered
UK Charity No. 1106147. Fully compliant. Reporting up to date.
Annual Income: GBP 137K
Year ending December 2024. All funds directed to hospital operations.
3 Trustees, Zero Paid
No trustee receives any remuneration, payments, or benefits.
Public Annual Reports
Published accounts and open governance. Available on the Charity Commission.
"Healthcare is not just medicine. It is food when you are hungry, dignity when you have lost everything."
See It For Yourself
The hospital in action.
Do not take our word for it. Watch the surgeries, the emergency care, the community camps. Real patients, real outcomes, documented on camera.
Hospital facility and patient care
See the 24/7 emergency department, surgery theatres, dialysis unit, and dental clinic in operation.
Free eye surgery programme
Over 2,000 sight-restoring cataract surgeries. Watch the team restore vision to patients who had given up hope.
Community food distribution
Regular food pack distribution and community outreach across Mirpur District and Azad Kashmir.
Rooted in Faith
Healthcare as Sadaqah Jariyah
Every dialysis session, every restored eye, every emergency treated is an ongoing benefit that compounds. When you give Zakat to Bangrilla Hospital, you are not buying medicine. You are building a system that heals today and continues healing tomorrow.
The hospital treats the poor, widows, orphans, and the zakat-eligible. It operates around the clock, and the care it provides meets standards comparable to facilities in the UK. Quality healthcare that preserves dignity.
"Whoever relieves a believer's distress of the distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter."
Free treatment for the poor, widows, orphans, and the zakat-eligible.
"I had lost hope of seeing my grandchildren clearly. Now I can."
Eye surgery recipient, Bangrilla Community Hospital
Funded Surgeries
2,000+
The Lasting Gift
Build what lasts.
Your Zakat does not stop at one patient. It funds the next surgery, the next dialysis session, the next emergency treated at 3 AM. Give once. Heal continuously.
- 100% to patients
- Zero trustee pay
- UK Charity No. 1106147
You will be taken to Umeed Welfare Trust's Zakat page. A dedicated AmalQ campaign for Bangrilla Hospital is coming soon.
In Sha Allah