Abu Dhabi «the Gulf»
The Emirati-Pakistani field hospital has intensified its humanitarian missions to alleviate the suffering of those affected by floods in Pakistani villages, under the supervision of UAE doctors and under the slogan “Do not paralyze them.”
The hospital operates in the province of Sindh under the supervision of the UAE Embassy in Islamabad and the Consulate General in Karachi, in coordination with the Pakistani Ministry of Health, with the participation of UAE and Pakistani doctors from volunteers in the Emirates Medical Relief Program, and with a joint initiative of Emirati and Pakistani health and humanitarian institutions.
Emirati cardiac surgeon Dr. Adel Al-Shamri, CEO of the Zayed Giving Initiative, President of the Emirates Doctors and Director of the Emirates Medical Relief Program, confirmed direct coordination with various official authorities from the Ministry of Health and the Emergency Authority in the Sindh region, to move mobile clinics and a field hospital with its entire staff to provide its humanitarian services to those affected by floods.
Yousef Al-Yateem, Head of Projects Sector at Dar Al Ber Society, praised the efforts of the medical staff supervising the field hospital, which provided a distinguished model of giving and humanitarian work, in an unprecedented partnership with institutions in Pakistan, to save the largest number of affected people.
Sultan Al Khayal, Secretary-General of the Sharjah Charity House Foundation, said that the impact of the devastating floods that occurred in Pakistan late last month was severe, catastrophic and harsh, and the Emirates program had a tangible positive impact in treating the residents of the affected areas and reducing the effects of the flood disaster.
Dr. Mumtaz Al Balushi, Administrative Director of the Emirates Pakistan Field Hospital, Chief Physician of Pakistan, said that 100 health staff, distributed among the mobile clinics and the field hospital, provided free medical, treatment and medication services to the hospital’s patients, women and children. The number of women benefiting from the Nutrition Department exceeded 1,200 pregnant and lactating women, and 1,000 health counseling and awareness sessions were provided to mothers in various fields.
He explained that the medical teams received 500 cases of severely malnourished children. The beneficiaries of the field hospital pharmacy exceeded 20,000.