IIMC Trust to provide medical aid, relief to earthquake victims
By Bushra Rafique

ISLAMABAD—Islamic International Medical College Trust has made elaborate arrangements to provide medical aid and relief to the earthquake victims. Medical teams including doctors and para-medical staff have already arrived at Mansehra in NWFP and Muzaffarabad, and Bagh in Azad Kashmir while more teams are being dispatched to the affected areas.
Islamic International Medical College - Trust is the first organization which sent its doctors, paramedical staff and relief goods and medicines to Bagh. These medical and relief teams are providing first aid and emergency treatment to the injured. Serious patients are being transferred to IIMCT - Pakistan Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi and Islamic International Medical Complex, Islamabad which are teaching hospitals of Islamic International Medical College. The Trust is also planning to establish field hospitals in collaboration with local administration at the places where at the moment no facilities for treatment are available.
IIMCT Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi has received over 100 serious patients from Muzzafarabad, Balakot, Bagh, Rawalpindi and other areas. Of them 70 patients, coming from Muzzafarabad were critically injured and about 70% were fractured cases. They were provided medical treatment including major surgeries. IIMCT Railway Hospital has made special arrangements to receive more injured people. Similarly arrangements have also been made at Islamic International Medical Complex, Islamabad for receiving patients from earthquake affected areas for treatment.
IIMCT has established a Disaster Management Cell to look after the relief work in the affected areas and coordinate between hospitals and other aid agencies.
Control Rooms have been established in the Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi and Islamic International Medical Complex, Islamabad to provide all types of information about the earthquake affected people being treated in these hospitals. The control rooms are working round the clock.
The hospitals authorities have appealed to the people particularly Philanthropist agencies to donate relief goods, medicines and cash payments to help the victims. The authorities have also appealed for blood donations.