FIMA Year Book 2010-2011 - Federation of Islamic Medical ...

RELIEF AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
AJK and NWFP. Several thousand injured were
provided emergency and long term medical relief.
PIMA rescued Naqsha Bibi, a 30-year old woman,
on the 63rd day of the earthquake from Kashmiri
refugee camp near Muzaffarabad, a miraculous
event in the history of rescue operations. She
managed to survive for that period without food
and shelter. By the grace of Almighty she survived
in a good state of health.
motivation and contributions were unparalleled in
rescue and relief works during natural disasters.
From the very first day of the disaster, PIMA
positively coordinated relief efforts, utilizing its
medical and administrative manpower and local
resources.
PIMA’s relief activities in the earthquake area,
coordinated by Prof. Mohammad Tariq, then FIMA
general secretary, and his colleagues, were
unmatched and unprecedented. That was
acknowledged by WHO and other relief NGOs.
PIMA’s relief intervention resulted in providing
more than 200 hospital beds continuously for the
first two years after the quake.
FIMA-PIMA leadership-In Kashmir Earthquake ِArea-2006
Naqsha Bibi (63 days under rubble)visited by Profs M.
Tariq, Faroque Khan and Aly Mishal
PIMA/FIMA Response:
The tremendous mobilization of national and
international relief efforts was historic and
exemplary. In the history of Pakistan, such
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