Dubai: The UAE-Pakistan Humanitarian Field Hospital on Monday said it has succeeded in alleviating the suffering of thousands of people affected by the floods in Pakistan by providing diagnostic, curative and preventive services under the supervision of the UAE and Pakistani doctors.
It follows a joint initiative between the Humanitarian Coalition of The Zayed Giving Initiative, Dar Al Ber Society, Sharjah Charitable House Foundation, Saudi German Hospitals Group, Emirates Medical Relief Programme, and the Emirates Programme for Specialised Health Volunteering.
The Ambassador of Humanitarian Action, Dr Reem Othman, said the work of the field hospital in Pakistan comes within the framework of the governmental and community efforts undertaken by the UAE to help the Pakistani people, and is based on the approach laid down by the UAE’s Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Emirati cardiac surgeon Dr Adel Abdullah Al Shamry Al Ajmi, CEO of The Zayed Giving Initiative, president of the field Hospital and director of the Emirates Medical Relief Programme, said the UAE medical teams have proven their ability in making the UAE the fastest in medical response in extend a helping hand to brotherly and friendly countries.
This was evident, he added, over the past few days when the UAE and Pakistani medical teams, mobile clinics and the mobile field hospital were supervised by specialised medical teams working in a team spirit to alleviate the suffering of patients and provide medical relief to the victims of floods in Pakistan.
Volunteering effort
Additionally, he pointed out that the field Hospital was able to attract hundreds of medical workers from the UAE and Pakistan, and enable them to volunteer in the field at the headquarters of the field hospital in Pakistani villages, or virtually through the virtual medical response centre and virtual clinics remotely, in the capital Abu Dhabi. Employees in government and private state hospitals registered in the Emirates Medical Reserve Team.
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Yousef Abdullah Al Yateem, Head of the Charitable Projects Sector at Dar Al Ber Society, said that the volunteer medical staff succeeded in providing free medical services to hundreds of people affected by the floods through mobile clinics and a mobile field hospital.
Sultan Al Khayal, Secretary-General of the Sharjah Charity House Foundation, confirmed that UAE doctors were keen to adopt innovative initiatives in the field of voluntary, humanitarian and specialised medical charitable work, and that the voluntary field hospital in its current station will intensify its humanitarian missions for a month in Pakistani villages to alleviate the suffering of those affected.
He added that the field workers and the virtual volunteer medical team of the Emirati and Pakistani doctors were formed to operate the voluntary field hospital and mobile clinics in its current station, which started its work in the province of Sindh.
Widespread destruction
Dr Mumtaz Al Balushi, Chief of Humanitarian Doctors in Pakistan, praised the efforts carried out by the Emirati medical relief teams, pointing out that the Emirates Doctors initiative has supported the Pakistani health sector in all ways since the first day it was exposed to torrential rains and floods that caused great damage.
He said that about 33 million people in Pakistan were affected by the heavy monsoon rains that lasted for weeks, accompanied by floods in vast areas, killing more than 1,100 people.
Dr Al Balushi stated that there is a major concern now because of the spread of deadly water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dengue fever and malaria, explaining that relief and rescue operations are still very difficult after the destruction and damage of about 160 bridges and 5,000km of roads, noting that the organization aims to reach children and families first with lifesaving medical equipment, essential medicines, vaccines, safe delivery kits, safe drinking water, water treatment tablets and nutrition supplies, and it wants to help children resume learning in the coming days and weeks.
