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RMF and Young Sindhi Adults host NYC fundraiser for Pakistan on Saturday, December 18th

December 15, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Helping Children, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | Comments closed

“The world’s attention has long since moved on from the Pakistani flood story, but there are still more than 1 million people who remain displaced in Sindh alone, said U.N. humanitarian affairs chief Valerie Amos on Dec. 3 after touring the flood zone.”
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2036064,00.html#ixzz187WcsmAZ

Please join us for as Young Sindhi Adults and Real Medicine Foundation hosts a happy hour mixer fundraiser awareness to bring awareness in building healthcare infrastructure in the flood ravaged region of Sindh with a live music performance by singer-songer Nita Chawla. Listen to firsthand stories by founder Dr. Martina Fuchs and Sweta Chawla on their personal stories in providing healthcare infrastructure. And, a special video tribute message by Sindhi elders and the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on his appeal to the community to help rebuild the Indus Valley Region post-floods.

Where:

Flor De Sol

361 Greenwich St # A
New York, NY 10013-2879
(212) 334-8087

When: Saturday December 18th

Time: 5:30pm  to 7:30pm

Agenda: Presentations

Dr. Martina Fuchs, CEO of Real Medicine Foundation and Dr. Sweta Chawla on building healthcare infrastructurein Sindh, Pakistan with Dr. Geet Chainani, LifebridgeUSA

Video Message of Late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at Asia Society on Flood Relief Appeal at Asia Society in August Presented by Documentarian James Dean Conklin

Special Music Tribute Performance by Singer-Songwriter Nita Chawla and Friends To The People of Sindh and Ancestors

Suggested Donation: $10

If one cannot make it and would like to donate for health clinics in Sindh, please donate to www.realmedicinefoundation.org and make donation attention to Sindh relief.

Any information needed, please contact Hemant Wadhwani at wadhwani@translationcity.com –  201-522-6609.

More blogs on RMF’s previous Flood Relief camps can be found here: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th,  5th and 6th,  7th and 8th, 9th and 10th, 11 and 12th

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Pakistan flood damage estimated at $9.7 Billion (cnn.com)

October 18, 2010 in Disaster Relief, General, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | Comments closed

As the scale of the flooding in Pakistan is still sinking in, our Flood Relief Efforts continue with Free Medical Camps held in different villages and towns every weekend. We have so far treated over 20,000 patients at our camps and will continue this outreach as long as we are able.

For more about the overview of the current situation on the ground from CNN click here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.flood.cost/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_world

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Over 4,000 patients treated this weekend at Pakistan RMF-Google Medical Camps

October 13, 2010 in Pakistan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

By Dr. Zahoor Uddin

The RMF/Google Free Medical Camp Projects are continuing with our fourth weekend passing successfully. After having camps in Union Council Aman Garh and Union Council Nisatta, RMF/Google returned to the Nowshehra district, to the village  of Pirpiai with our team of doctors, nurses, paramedics, and general volunteers as well as with medicines/medical supplies.

Our 7th and 8th RMF Flood Relief Medical Camps for the Flood Victims of Pakistan  were held on the weekend of October 9th and 10th, 2010 at the Government High School, Union Council in Pirpiai.

Dr. Rubina Mumtaz, RMF”s Country Director for Pakistan, formally inaugurated the 2-day Free Medical Camp along with the participating medical team. All the team members thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to serve provided to them by Google’s generosity. Dr. Rubina also visited various sections of the camp such as the registration counter, the different specialist OPDs, the pharmacy and the patients waiting in the halls. She met with all 23 doctors in their OPD sections one by one and discussed the morbidity trends in our camps.

2,509 patients were treated on Saturday, October 9, 2010

  • 1,703 patients were treated on Sunday, October 10, 2010
  • A total of 4,212 patients were treated in this 2-day Free Medical Camp

Of these 4,212 patients

76% were female

  • 24% were male
  • 21% were children below the age of 12

On day one, 23 medical doctors and on day two, 17 doctors from various specialties participated in our camps, the final figures of specialized care made possible through Google’s support are as follows:

  • 1,314 patients – General medical OPD cases, such as acute (bloody) diarrhea, cholera, malaria, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, headaches, general weakness. Of these patients,

278  presented with urinary tract infections

149  with malnutrition

189  with general body aches (not specifically to categorize according to WHO criteria)

97 patients – General surgery

  • 701 patients – Dermatology
  • 170 patients – Ophthalmology
  • 218 patients – ENT
  • 657 patients – Pediatrics (children below the age of 12)
  • 597 patients – Obstetrics/Gynecology
  • 113 patients – Orthopedics
  • 134 patients – Dentistry and oral hygiene
  • 211 patients presented with severe dehydration as result of i.e. diarrhea, suspected measles, suspected meningitis, tetanus, high fevers. These patients as well as all patients presenting with acute abdomen, burns, acute appendicitis, severe injuries and major infected wounds were referred to tertiary hospitals for follow up and advanced care.

The RMF medical team will be able to follow these patients at the hospitals where they work.

As always, the response from the community was excellent. Patients arrived from more than 5 surrounding villages as the camp is centrally located at the Government High School.

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Pakistan: “Immense Tragedy Continues to Unfold”

September 21, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Helping Children, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | Comments closed

More than seven weeks since the beginning of the floods, and as we prepare to hold our third major Flood Relief Medical Camp in the city of Pabbi in the Nowshera district, it’s important to note how critical the situation remains in Pakistan.   We will be reporting next week on the results of our next relief camp this coming Sunday, and hope to continue expanding our relief efforts.

From CNN.com, this slideshow and brief article highlights:

  • Areas of Pakistan are still submerged in water, weeks after the first flooding happened
  • The UN and other organizations are calling for more help in aiding the estimated 20 million in need
  • The death toll is believed to surpass 1,700

    • Click article here for photos and report http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/17/photos.pakistan.flooding/index.html?hpt=Mid

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    Article: Reclaiming the US’s image in Pakistan

    August 16, 2010 in Disaster Relief, In the news, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | Comments closed

    Continuing with the coverage of the floods in Pakistan and what this means for our clinic in Balakot, I came across a good article from the New York Times that details why it is so important for Western Countries, the US in particular, to lend a helping hand to the people of Pakistan.

    NY Times article here

    Time and time again, the poor and rural areas of a country like Pakistan are left behind infrastructure, economic development and health care, ,and with no one else offering a helping hand fundamentalist groups like the Taliban will always step in to fill this void.  Looking at the amount of resources the US has already committed to both Afghanistan and Iraq to combat extremism, it would be a tragedy to let this opportunity pass to aid these efforts and to improve our image in this part of the world.

    Based on some of the comments in this article from officials in Washington, it sounds like this is understood, so we can only hope that these are more than promises, and that funding and resources arrives quickly.

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