Over the weekend, GlobalMedic shipped additional equipment to Pakistan consisting of an second inflatable field hospital, 10 million Aquatabs and a Nomad water purification unit. The 4th GlobalMedic Rapid Response Team will deploy to Karachi on Tuesday and being instatallation and distribution with the team that is currenltly in the field.
The 2nd field hospital will be installed in Sukkur, Sindh Province, along with the Nomad.
To-date, GlobalMedic has shipped and donated the following items:
- 2 Nomad Water Purification Units
- 16 Trekker Water Purification Units
- 2 Inflatable Field Hospitals
- 13 million Aquatabs
- 166,080 Oral Rehydration Sachets
- $600,000 in essential medicine
Update - August 25, 2010
Recognizing a great need in the Southern Provinces of Pakistan, on August 18th GlobalMedic's RRT set up operations in the Muzzafa Ghar district of Punjab Province, one of the hardest hit areas by the recent flooding. Specifically, we are set up in the city of Diera Deen Panah, immediate home to 40,000 people, and 90,000 in the surrounding areas. GlobalMedic medic is providing clean drinking water and primary health care.
We have installed a 22' by 42' inflatable field hospital which is treating between 900 - 1000 patients daily. Our hospital has replaced the Rural Health Center which was damaged by the floods and is inoperable. Our hospital is located 5 minutes away which allows beneficiaries to reach a central location, and gives access to a larger population.
In addition to providing primary health care, we have set up a water distribution network to provide over 30,000 flood affected peoples with clean drinking water daily. This is being done through the installation of a Nomad water purification system which is adjacent to our hospital. Beneficiaries gather water from our site at the point of distribution. Water trucks also tanker out clean drinking water daily to populations who do not have immediate access to our distribution point, and reach remote communities of people.
We have additionally installed 9 Trekker water purification units in mosques and schools where displaced people have taken refuge, as well as small informal relief camps that are not receiving access to clean drinking water.
We will continue to work side by side with our local partner Islamic Help UK, to provide the maximum number of beneficiaries with aid.
Update - August 16, 2010
GlobalMedic's Rapid Response Team has been operational in the District of Nowshera for the past week providing clean drinking water through the use of water purification units, Aquatabs and PUR Purifier of Water. The Nomad water purification unit has been installed in a mosque in Nowshera Calan, and 4 Trekkers water purification units have been installed in hospitals and schools.
The team has ramped up operations and will set up the inflatable field hospital in D.D. Panah, a union council in district Muzzafa Ghar, one of the hardest hit and underserved in Punjab province. Additionally, the team will be setting up a Nomad beside the hospital to provide water to the people in the immediate area, as well as set up a truck distribution system to get water to outlying areas.
To date GlobalMedic has deployed the following aid; - 1 inflatable field hospital - Essential medicine and equipment to support the field hospital - 3 million water purification tablets - 100,000 Oral Rehydration Salt Sachets - 9 water purification units
GlobalMedic is in seeking additional funds to support the shipment of more water purification units and purification tablets.
Update - August 12, 2010
The devastating floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,600 people, displaced more than 1.3 million and affected more people than the 2004 tsunami and Haiti combined. Over 14 million people have been affected and in need of food, clean water, medical assistance and shelter. In response to this catastrophe, GlobalMedic's Rapid Response Team has been operating in the Nowshera and Charsadda Districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to produce 40,000 litres of clean drinking water per day.
GlobalMedic is committed to helping the people of Pakistan and will be sending a second shipment of water purification units, Aquatabs, Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and medical equipment to Islamabad this Sunday. This second phase of deployment will scale up operations to include an Inflatable Field Hospital. A second team of personnel will be arriving in KP province next week to help with distribution.
August 5, 2010
Severe flooding in northwest Pakistan has affected over 3 million people, caused 1,400 deaths and swept away hundreds of communities. This monsoon flood is the worst on record, and with more rain expected throughout the region, the situation is likely to worsen in coming days.
There is an urgent need for water, food, shelter and emergency medical services throughout Nowshera, Charsadda, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts, and outbreaks of water-borne illness are a pressing concern. Many communities are becoming increasingly isolated by rising water levels, and rescue efforts are underway to move the most vulnerable families to safe zones.
GlobalMedic is deploying 3 members of its Rapid Response Team to Pakistan in response to the disaster. They will carrying with them water purification units to provide up to 73,000 people daily with clean drinking water, as well as enough water purification tablets and sachets to purify over 3.5 million litres of water. Additionally, we will be sending an initial consignment of over 110,000 sachets of ORS which will provide 9000 patient treatments for severe dehydration as a result of drinking contaminated water.
GlobalMedic has provided life saving aid several times in Pakistan, and is committed to saving the lives of victims in the aftermath of this major flooding.
