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

RELIEF AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
contributions since the early days of the
disaster. Dr. Aly Mishal, a previous FIMA
president, attended the meeting, and appraised
the NGOs of the roles provided by
PIMA/FIMA.
The meeting organized a local combined relief
committee in Pakistan, from representatives of
IICDR organizations, to be chaired by Prof. M.
Tariq on behalf of FIMA.
IICDR relief organizations spent more than 100
million dollars, for this disaster, in the form of
material, teams, and construction, mostly through
channels other than FIMA.
• Other NGOs from outside Pakistan:
o IMA Indonesia and MER-C Indonesia.
o Mercy Singapore.
o Bangladesh BNDF (FIMA member).
o Muslim Foundation- Denmark.
o UK-IMA-Dr. Tanveer Siddique and 10
orthopedic surgeons.
o IMAs of Bosnia and Kenya medical teams.
o Australia: Dr. Khatree and 4 medical
colleagues.
Prof. Muhammed Tariq, Prof Hafeez ur Rehman
and myself functioned as coordinators and
initiated an immediate assessment of needs and
damage. 4 hospitals were commissioned to
manage the injuries (Gilani hospital in Abottobad,
3 field hospitals in Muzafferabad, Bagh and
Balakot). Mobile missions were sent to more
remote areas. The following interventions were
included in the PIMA/FIMA response:
20 medical missions from 15 IMA’s and
more than 30 relief organizations and
NGO’s
Emergency supplies included tents,
blankets, clothing, medicines, medical
equipment and surgical supplies
($4,000,000)
Cash contributions ($600,000) from various
IMAs.
Local response overwhelming! al-Khidmat
Foundation/PIMA providing 45 truck-loads
of supplies and equipment daily.
DWW/Turkey sent relief teams within the
first 48 hours and gave medical service for
8 months in the field
o Set up of field clinics
o First permanent health center
established in Komikot village
o First Children hospital built in New
Balakot City.
• Mobile Clean Drinking Water, delivered to
500 families/day
• Multiple Mobile Basic Health Units, treated
4,800 patients
• Excavation Project, cleared ~ 20 miles of
roadway
• $10,000 was transferred to al-Khidmat
Foundation to establish a Women and
Children’s health center in Layyah, Punjab
• Collaboration: Al-Khidmat, PIMA, Pakistan
Kidney Institute (Dr. Saeed Akther)
• Dr. Abdul Qadir Hijazi, a previous-FIMA
president, and then current chairman of
Egypt Medical Association-Relief
Committee, delivered 200,000 USD, to help
in reconstruction of a hospital in
Muzafferabed.
This was a rare humanitarian relief situation in
which Islamic relief organizations provided more
than 75% of the total relief effort. Table I and II
show an overview of manpower and services of
this endeavor:
There were over 1000 surgeries performed under
general anesthesia in Muzaffarabad hospital, with
175,000 out-patients examined and 4,500 hospital
admissions. A total of 14 operative tables were
working at one time.
Discover Islam, an NGO from Bahrain, offered to
build and bear the expenses of a rehabilitation
hospital in Islamabad.
The response of the Pakistani people was so
tremendous that it was unimaginable, given the
scale of their personal losses. So much relief
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