sania nishtar set out on a mission to modernize health financing in desperate need of reform. the challenge was immense, but dr. nishtar discovered that the flaw in pakistan's healthcare system was the system itself. it is 2015, and dr. sania is on one of her regular visits to a local hospital where she encounters a family with an all too familiar problem. - she's developed an abscess in the brain. if the operation is not done now, she will most certainly not survive. they'll have to sell a piece of their land or they'll have to borrow from a family or community. they will end up being indebted for life. - [rita] with less than 2% of pakistan's gdp spent on health, the system was failing to provide basic coverage and it was the poorest who were suffering. - i think that it's tragic because you're dealing with people's lives. i mean, if these places were functioning if hospitals were functioning, if medicines were available on the shelf, if functionaries were in place, people could have been served. the quality of care could have been better. (horn honking) - [rita] dr. sania b