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LAHORE, Jan 14: Surgeons of Pakistan Islamic
Medical Association (PIMA) have performed four successful major
surgeries besides treating some complex cases of high risk child
patients in their on going relief mission for Tsunami-hit Indonesia,
says a message received here Friday.
The PIMA relief mission delegation is headed by Professor of Surgery Dr.
Mohammad Iqbal. Other members of relief mission include; Dr. Zafarullah
Kundi, Child Specialist, Dr. Nadeem Family Physician, Dr. Anas Farhan
Qazi who is son of JI ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmed and hosts of other
doctors and para-medical staff.
According to the message, PIMA has made Bundaceh military hospital their
base camp to provide healthcare. Bundaceh military hospital is one of
the three main hospitals of in the city. According to locals, half of
the medical personnel of Bundaceh perished in Tsunami. Hospital was
being run by volunteers from other parts of Indonesia. There is a chaos
like situation. The workers in the hospital including, doctors and
specialists, were not properly trained for the job.
Regretfully, doctors coming with foreign NGOs [not from Pakistan] had
played with the Tsunami-hit patients like guinea pigs. Unnecessary
amputations of limbs had been done and there is no post operative care
due to lack of nurses and paramedical staff. These foreign doctors left
over 80 per cent post operative infections including 18 cases of
tetanus, most of them expired. When Australian doctors left the hospital
they took away all the equipments and left over the drugs they had
brought with them.
According to PIMA message, Red Crescent of Indonesia has established a
makeshift hospital in tents. The prevalent scene of relief work suggests
that there are about 250 foreign NGOs working in Bundaceh. Only five of
them are Muslim. Local people do not like the presence of foreign NGOs
in their affected areas. The president of Indonesia has ordered all the
foreign.
NGOs to be out of Aceh region
till end of March. Bundaceh is a city of about 2 million people.
Two third of the total population is displaced from their homes and
150,000 have died. The whole region is a mess. There are still unburied
dead bodies in some places (25,000 dead bodies according to some
sources). There is an unpleasant smell in most parts of the city. The
restoration may take about 10 years. The city center is somewhat
restored. Electricity and telephone lines are now working.
PIMA relief mission intends to call more workers and doctors in Aceh and other parts of Indonesia
to treat the suffering humanity after shocking natural calamity, the
message concluded. (#) |
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