North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) working in quake hit areas, and has flown more than 2,300 tons of tents, blankets, stoves and food to Pakistan in more than 145 flights from Europe.
Currently, Nato engineers are working on relief projects; repairing a school in Bagh, Arja, repairing a medical facility in Arja, repairing roads between Arja and Bagh, installing water purification units in Bagh and Arja. These engineers are also supporting the Pakistan army in operation winter race.
According to a Nato spokesman, these flights have carried more than 14,400 tents, 162,000 blankets, and nearly 3,000 stoves, more than 17,000 beds / mattresses, tons of medical supplies, and more.
Nato's field hospital and mobile medical units located in the area of Bagh have treated more than 3,000 patients and continue to send mobile medical teams into the mountains.
Nato helicopters are flying daily up to 67 tons of relief goods to remote mountain villages and evacuating victims before the winter sets in. They have so far evacuated more than 1,200 disaster victims from mountainous areas.
Nato's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Relief Co-ordination Centre (EADRCC - in Brussels) has co-ordinated the delivery of donations from over 40 countries-Nato members as well as partner countries.
The Nato is also working as airbridge from Turkey and Germany for transport of relief goods to Pakistan. Its medical support team with a field hospital and mobile medical teams was working in the area of Bagh.
The Nato Land Component is led by Spanish and headquarters in Arja includes a headquarters element in Arja, two light engineer units in Bagh district, an Italian engineer unit with heavy construction equipment, a unit of British engineers specialised in high-altitude relief work, a multi-national team of medics operating the Nato field hospital, including staff for inpatient and outpatient care, as well as mobile medical teams in the area of Bagh-led by the Dutch Army and including French, Czech, Portuguese and British personnel; four water purification teams (one Spanish, three Lithuanian).
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