KARACHI, Nov 15: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Sindh chapter, has sent 660 truckloads of relief goods to quake areas of NWFP and Azad Kashmir so far, and also collected donations amounting to Rs9 million being spent on various short-term projects in quake-ravaged areas.
In addition, the PRCS Sindh has contributed Rs1 million to the president’s relief fund, besides establishing medical camps, a field hospital and water purification plants in various quake-hit areas. It has also established a huge warehouse in the NWFP from where relief goods are being distributed among survivors.
The details were given by PRCS Sindh chief Maj-Gen (r) Bashir Khan at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. The chapter’s Vice-Chairperson Ms Shamim Kazmi and other office-bearers were also present.
Thousands of patients were provided primary and advanced medical facilities by two teams of doctors headed by Dr S. M. Ali Warsi in Muzaffarabad and other affected, he said, adding that a team of volunteers from Sindh was also helping in rehabilitation work.
He told newsmen that 10 fully-equipped mobile hospitals worth over Rs20 million, were being dispatched to quake-hit areas. The funds had been generated through donations from various organizations and individuals, he added.
Lauding the generosity shown by Karachiites in helping out quake survivors, the PRCS Sindh has appealed for more donations to save lives of those people, especially children, braving the harsh weather conditions in northern Pakistan. Provision of medicines and warm clothes and construction of make-shift shelters could save thousands of lives, it said.—PPI
