Two medical teams equipped with necessary medicine, food, vaccines, gloves, tents and masks were sent to Mansehra and Muzafarabad to provide relief to affected people in the badly affected areas of Shinkiari, Ghari Habib Ullah, Bagh and Rawalakot.
The teams would set up their camps at Mansehra and Muzaffarabad. About 6,000 to 7,000 people are estimated to have died and a large number critically injured in these areas.
The decision to send relief teams was taken at a meeting chaired by Minister of State for Health, Begum Shehnaz Sheikh. Secretary Health Syed Anwar Mahmood, director general health, senior officials and senior medical officers of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) attended the meeting.
The secretary health informed the meeting that a Red Cross team having a mobile hospital is also reaching on Tuesday night at Muzaffarabad. An Italian medical team also equipped with necessary medicines is also expected to reach Muzaffarabad on Tuesday, he added.
He said the medical teams from France, Spain and Belgium are also reaching AJK earthquake areas.
Executive Director, Pims, Fazle Hadi giving the current update said that there is a provision of 800 beds in the hospital whereas 422 patients have been admitted.
Joint secretary administration informed that a free hotline/toll free No 0800-47467 has been set up to facilitate the general public.
A Disaster Management Co-ordination Cell has been set up by ministry of health under the overall supervision of joint secretary admn.
Executive Director National Institute of Health (NIH), Karamat A Karamat said the institute has a sufficient supply of all type of vaccines including measles, typhoid, cholera and rabies vaccine along with anti-snake venom.
Medical superintendent FGSH informed the meeting that so far 138 injured persons have been admitted in different wards of the hospital and 33 beds are still available to accommodate the coming injured persons. He also informed that sufficient blood is also available in the blood bank of the hospital.
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