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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

August 9th 2010

Doctors Worldwide: British Medical Charity opens hospital in Nowshera District to provide medical treatment and aid for flood survivors.

Doctors Worldwide, a UK based medical relief charity, has opened up a hospital in Peer Sabak, Nowshera District, to provide medical care for an estimated 30,000 population affected by the devastating floods.

Nowshera’s hospitals have been flooded and are unable to function since the floods started over a week ago. Further heavy rainfall is expected in the area today, hampering relief work.

“Doctors Worldwide has identified a building in Nowshera District that we are using as a hospital. The nearest hospital is 22km away and inaccessible due to the damage to roads and survivors of the disaster are in many cases too weak and frightened to make the journey,’’ said Abdul Wahab, Doctors Worldwide, Field Coordinator in Nowshera.

Over 100,000 people live in the Nowshera District, made up of a number of villages including Zundovanda, Miskinobad, Galadaer, Hayatkorana and Peer Sabak. The infrastructure has in some areas collapsed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed.

“The situation is desperate and working in these conditions is a massive challenge for Doctors Worldwide. Our priority is to ensure that survivors can access emergency healthcare, food and water,” said Abdul Wahab.

“We are working around the clock to purchase medicines for the hospital and supplies such as hospital beds, needles, syringes, disposable gloves, drip stands and medical waste disposal units, Scabies, diarrhoea, typhoid, chest infections and minor injuries, alongside ongoing long-term medical problems, have become widespread. It is a similar to other areas.

Doctors Worldwide is already supplying hot food to the village of Gandery and will provide food and water to the villages around Nowsherea.

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