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

FIMA GLOBAL RELIEF
IMAM and MM adopted a 3 stage relief plan that
extended for more than one year.
The first team was led by IMAM president, Dr.
Musa Nordin and members of IMAM Executive
Committee.
From the first days of the disaster, 5 Malaysian
medical teams were dispatched, the last of which
was on January 18,2005. The teams included
physicians from various specialties, nurses,
engineers, experts in underground waters and
others. Initially, in addition to medical care and
food provision, the teams helped in provision of
water, sanitation and electricity.
The other relief stages included rehabilitation,
construction, training and psychological care for
post-traumatic problems.
• PIMA:
1 st team arrived in Aceh on January 19,2005,
consisting of five doctors and carrying urgent
medical supplies. They immediately purchased an
ambulance from Jakarta, to be transferred to Aceh.
An initial donation of USD 7000 was handed over
to IMA-Indonesia to help in their leading relief
efforts in Aceh.
They collaborated with IMA-Indonesia to
rehabilitate and operate a local hospital in Banda-
Aceh.
The second PIMA team arrived on January 25,
rented a local helicopter, for one month, to
facilitate transportation of relief supplies from
Jakarta to Banda-Aceh.
Two other teams subsequently followed.
The teams cooperated with the relief mission of
the Pakistani Army, that established a field
hospital.
This hospital was later commissioned to PIMA,
and remained functional for several months.
• IMA-South Africa in collaboration with the
Waqful Waqifin:
Dispatched the first medical team on January
28,2005: three doctors experienced in emergency
medicine, together with an experienced psychiatric
team to deal with post-traumatic stress disorders
(PTSD). Other medical teams followed over the
next several months.
• IMANA:
The first team arrived on January 18,2005 led by
IMANA president, Dr. Parvaiz Malik, a plastic
surgeon, who performed special surgeries in the
remaining functional hospitals. Medical, surgical
care and medical relief materials were provided in
Aceh health centers.
Plans were made, in cooperation with IMA-
Indonesia, for continuation of teams and
donations, including psychiatry specialties to
manage PTSD. Four consecutive IMANA teams
participated.
• Hayat Foundation and DWW-Turkey:
Dispatched medical teams and medical supplies.
• ARABMED-Europe, and IMA-Jordan and
other IMAs:
Sent donations to IMA-Indonesia, and pledged
continuation of support.
• IMA-Egypt:
In collaboration with Relief Committee of
Egyptian Medical Association, led by a previous
FIMA president, Dr. Abdul Qader Hijazi, and the
Arab Medical Union (AMU), sent teams and
donations. The first team was led by AMU
president, Dr. Abdul Munim Abul Fotouh.
FIMA participated in an Aceh-relief conference
held in Amman-Jordan on January 30-31,2005 by
the Islamic International Council for Dawa and
Relief (IICDR), with participation of 24 Islamic
relief NGOs. Over 2 days, the conference
discussed the ramifications of the disaster.
Thirty million USD were reported as donations
sent so far in the form of cash, food, medicines
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