Thanks to MAG field staff and headquarters for your partnership on this extremely important operation.
MARCH 2011
In partnership with MAG international, GlobalMedic has had a paramedic present in Chad since August 2010.
After decades of civil war conflict in Chad the risk of unexploded ordnance is just one of the dangers that the Chadian people face every day. Unexploded remnants of war such as land mines, bombs, missiles, mortars, grenades and ammunition pose a huge danger for the people living in the desserts of Chad, they cut off access to the delivery of essential supplies, roads, and villages.
GlobalMedic deployed Toronto paramedic Lukasz Gubala in November 2010 to provide medical support to the MAG Technicians that clear the mines in the dessert. In addition to providing ongoing standby medical support, Gubala provides trauma training to the local paramedics, assesses medical sites, medical equipment and trauma kits, he also provides a water purification through the use of the Trekker water purification unit when local supply of water is low.
Gubala has also been supervising full casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) scenarios in order to assess medical team's readiness to deploy to the field as well contacting and visiting the nearby military clinics and hospitals and assessed their capability to receive a member of the MAG mine clearing team should the need arise.
Additionally Gubala embarks on routine trips to the nearby villages where he sets up temporary field clinics where the local people can come and seek medical attention that is not otherwise available in this remote area of Chad.
