The state’s failure to help his struggling family care for his mother – paralysed and suffering from mental health issues – was his painful and decisive turning point towards philanthropy.

Edhi’s journeyīorn to a family of traders in Gujarat, Mr Edhi arrived in Pakistan in 1947. In June, Edhi declined an offer by former president Asif Ali Zardari for treatment abroad, insisting on getting it done in Pakistan, particularly in a government hospital.

He felt difficulty while breathing 'after which the doctors decided to shift him on a ventilator'. He was receiving treatment at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT).Įarlier in the day, the philanthropist's son Faisal and wife Bilquis Edhi informed the media that doctors at the facility termed his condition critical. He also wanted to donate his body parts, but only his cornea can be donated as rest of the organs were not in healthy condition,' said Faisal Edhi.Įdhi was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2013 but had been unable to get a transplant due to frail health. 'He wished to be buried in the same clothes he used to wear.

Abdul Sattar Edhi sits in his office in Karachi.- AFP/File

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