The World Health Organization has spent over 250 million rupees for the health care of the internally displaced up to date, the Health Ministry said yesterday. A spokesman of the Health Ministry said that the German and Italian governments too had donated Rs.225 million and Rs. 200 million for the health care of the internally displaced respectively.
The donations have been spent on purchasing drugs, equipment and medical facilities for the IDPs, he said. The Indian government alone provided around three hundred million rupees worth of drugs for IDP health care. They also have provided a field hospital with sixty doctors. The hospital is situated at the Chettikulam welfare camp.
The spokesman said French, German and American Medical teams are also providing health care services to the IDP’s.
Meanwhile a medical representative serving at the welfare camps, Dr. Easara Kottegoda said that donor organizations had provided over one billion rupees for IDP care. Stating the services provided by the doctors and nurses serving in welfare camps he said they had been able to control communicable diseases. Read more ...
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Medical Teams International intensifies response to assist civilians in fighting in Sri Lanka
The World Health Organization awarded $250,000 to Medical Teams International yesterday to help increase care to 80,000 people displaced by fighting in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan government asked Medical Teams International to mobilize 20 ambulances and 40 health care workers it has trained to care for those civilians caught in the fighting. A civil war has troubled Sri Lanka for more than 25 years, but recent fighting has trapped civilians in a war zone.
The 40 emergency medical service workers have been trained by Medical Team International staff and volunteers from Oregon and Washington State Emergency Medical Units. "These volunteers are uniquely prepared to help during this crisis because of the training they received after the tsunami in 2005," says Joe DiCarlo, director of international programs for Medical Teams International. Read more ...
The Sri Lankan government asked Medical Teams International to mobilize 20 ambulances and 40 health care workers it has trained to care for those civilians caught in the fighting. A civil war has troubled Sri Lanka for more than 25 years, but recent fighting has trapped civilians in a war zone.
The 40 emergency medical service workers have been trained by Medical Team International staff and volunteers from Oregon and Washington State Emergency Medical Units. "These volunteers are uniquely prepared to help during this crisis because of the training they received after the tsunami in 2005," says Joe DiCarlo, director of international programs for Medical Teams International. Read more ...
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