NATO doctors, engineers working in quake hit areas
By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) working in the quake hit areas and has flown more than 2,300 tons of tents, blankets, stoves and food to Pakistan in more than 145 flights from Europe.
According to a NATO spokesman, these flights have carried more than 14,400 tents, 182,000 blankets, nearly 3000 stoves, more than 17,000 beds/mattresses, tons of medical supplies, and more. NATO’s field hospital and mobile medical units located in the area of Bagh have treated more than 3,000 patients and continue to send mobile medical teams into the mountains.
NATO engineers are working on roads between Arja and Bagh and schools and medical facilities in the area. These engineers are also supporting the Pakistan army in operation winter race. The Spokesman said the aim of this operation is to set up shelters for the population living in the mountains before the snow sets in.
NATO helicopters are flying daily up to 67 tons of relief goods to remote mountain villages and evacuating victims before the winter sets in. They have so far evacuated more than 1,200 disaster victims from mountainous areas.
NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Relief Co- ordination Centre (EADRCC) has coordinated the delivery of donations from over 40 countries-NATO members as well as partner countries.
The short-term relief mission of the NATO wasbased on co-ordination of donations from NATO and partner countries through the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Relief Co-ordination Centre (EADRCC) in Brussels.
The NATO is also working as air bridge from Turkey and Germany for the transport of relief goods to Pakistan and its four helicopters were operating in the earthquake-affected area for the transport of supplies to remote mountain villages and evacuation of victims. Its medical support team with a field hospital and mobile medical teams was working in the area of Bagh while its engineer support operating in the area around Bagh in support of Pakistani efforts for the reparation of roads; and building of shelters, schools and medical facilities.
The NATO Land Component is led by the Spanish and headquarters in Arja includes a headquarters element in Arja, two light engineer units in the Bagh district (one Spanish and one Polish), an Italian engineer unitwith heavy construction equipment, a unit of British engineers specialized in high-altitude relief work, a multi-national team of medics operating the NATO fieldhospital, including staff for inpatient and outpatientcare, as well as mobile medical teams in the area of Bagh-led by the Dutch Army and including French, Czech,Portuguese and British personnel.