‘Rs75m sanctioned for treatment of quake-affectees at twin cities’
By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—The Prime Minister has sanctioned 75 Million Rupees for immediate disbursal to injured patients from the quake-hit areas presently admitted in the civil and military hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Secretary Health, Syed Anwar Mahmood on Tuesday informed a meeting of the National Disaster Management Committee held here. “10,000 Rupees are being disbursed to the seriously injured while those with minor injuries will get 5,000 Rupees,” he informed.
He said, the Prime Minister taking cognizance of the hardships being faced by the injured patients has ordered immediate disbursal of this amount which is in addition to the financial compensation already announced by the Government for the affectees.
The meeting was informed there is no shortage of blood and blood screening kits in any health facility or medical camp established by the Ministry of Health in the quake stricken areas. The blood banks established by the Ministry of Health are full to capacity.
In view of the lack of adequate medical facilities for the quake affectees in areas close to the line of control in Azad Kashmir, a decision has been taken by the Ministry of Health to establish a medical camp at Chinari. In this connection, a medical and logistics team is being dispatched tomorrow. It was informed that considering the risk of infection to medical practitioners handling the injured from quake hit areas, doctors and para medics are being immunized against Hepatitis-B and Tetanus. This is besides the Tetanus Toxoid injections being given to all injured upon admission to a health facility or medical camp.
It was again reiterated by the Federal Secretary Health that there is no shortage of Anti-tetanus Globulin anywhere and medical facilities requiring ATG may contact the National Institute of Health, Islamabad on telephone Nos 051-9255101, 051-9255090-4..