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.
Secure giving on umeed.org.uk, the UK-registered charity (No. 1106147) that runs the hospital.
Bangrilla Community Hospital in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. Run by Umeed Welfare Trust (UK Charity #1106147), free for every patient since 2016.
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.
Flagship Programme
Eye Care & Surgery
Decades of blindness reversed. Grandparents seeing their grandchildren for the very first time.
2,000+
free cataract surgeries, and counting
Dialysis Centre
Lifeline careLife-sustaining kidney treatment for patients who had zero access before the hospital opened.
24/7 Emergency
Never closedRound-the-clock accident and emergency care, open every day of the year, even during Eid.
Dental Care
Free for allPreventive and restorative dental care in modern, hygienic facilities, at no cost to the patient.
Women's Healthcare
Female-ledDedicated maternal and gynaecological services with female medical staff. Dignity preserved.
Specialist Medical Teams
UK-standardVisiting specialists deliver advanced procedures locally, with an on-site diagnostic lab and dedicated ambulance.
"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."
The Journey of Bangrilla
Watch how a hillside became a hospital.
Eighty-six seconds, from the first foundation stone to a hospital that has not closed its doors since 2016. This is the story your support built.
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