Sanghar, Badin: Aman's EMS team provides medical support to 3,855 patients

With more than 300 people dead in three months of torrential monsoons which have destroyed 400,000 homes, causing the displacement of 1.8 million people, Sindh is faced with a major challenge once again. Keeping this grave situation in view which has led to a humanitarian crisis of the worst kind, the Aman Foundation has once again stepped in to provide assistance to the victims.
Last year when 22 of 24 districts in Sindh had been flooded, and almost one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was inundated, the Aman Foundation's Emergency Medical Service (EMS) operated as mobile clinics that provided timely outpatient healthcare to almost 80,000 displaced people in the worst affected areas.
This year as well, the Foundation has supported the Pakistan Navy in its efforts by providing 11 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBS) for rescue purposes. In addition to this Aman's EMS team is working alongside the Navy's medical team in Sanghar and Badin districts, thereby providing medical care to a total of 3,855 patients since 22 September, 2011. The four most common diseases, which have contributed to 57 percent of total infirmities thus far are skin infection (21 percent), diarrhea (17 percent) and malaria (18 percent) and RTI (9 percent).-PR