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CMAT Primary Health Care Team 3 returns from Pakistan.

2010 - Pakistan Floods, Deployments

CMAT Team 3 in Sukkur. L-R: Huma Ali, Rita Jacques, Robin Welsford, Zohair Kaderbhai, Mark Wheeler, Samina Ali, Tricia Mackay, Michael Parker, Beverly Parker.

Friday October 22, 2010– CMAT Primary Health Care Team 3 arrived home from Pakistan on Friday, October 22. CMAT volunteers have treated more than 500 patients per week in the field clinic in collaboration with local partner V Need U. Major causes of illness and death include communicable diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, acute respiratory illness and vaccine preventable diseases (measles, hepatitis and neonatal tetanus).

CMAT provides Toronto fire victims with much-needed clean up and recovery kits.

2010 - Toronto - 200 Wellesley Street E Fire, Deployments

CMAT purchased clean-up kits from Home Depot, and was able to provide supplies for 40 kits to individuals and families affected by the fire.

Friday, October 8, 2010 – Toronto – CMAT is proud to provide the victims of the 200 Wellesley Street fire with clean up kits, to help to empower fire victims to begin the recovery process both physically and emotionally, regain normalcy in their lives, and reduce the risk of illness associated with exposure to smoke and soot.

Third CMAT Primary Health Care team arrives in Pakistan to provide medical relief in flood zone.

2010 - Pakistan Floods, Deployments

CMAT Team 3 checked in at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, and ready to leave for Pakistan! L-R: Huma Ali, Samina Ali, Michael Parker, Beverly Parker, Mark Wheeler, Tricia Mackay, Robin Welsford, Rita Jacques and Zohair Kaderbhai.

October 6, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ (CMAT) third Primary Health Care Team arrived in Karachi earlier today, and is travelling to work in Pakistan’s flooded region of Sukkur, in interior Sindh province. CMAT’s Primary Health Care team will provide mobile medical clinics for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps housing thousands of people, including women and children who would otherwise be unable to access health services.

CMAT appeals for support for local residents displaced by the fire at 200 Wellesley St. East, Toronto

2010 - Toronto - 200 Wellesley Street E Fire, Deployments

The fire broke out in a highrise at 200 Wellesley Street East, at Bleecker Street in Toronto. Because of the intense heat and high winds, it took crews about two hours before they could reach the fire

TORONTO: September 28, 2010 – An estimated 1700 people have been displaced since Friday night’s six-alarm fire at 200 Wellesley Street East, Toronto Community Housing building, and won’t have access to their homes for the remainder of the week.

The building is a social housing structure operated by the Toronto Community Housing Corp., the largest such apartment in the city. Its residents count among Toronto’s poorest and most vulnerable residents.

CMAT deploys second Primary Health Care team to provide medical relief in Pakistan flood zone.

2010 - Pakistan Floods, Deployments

CMAT Primary Health Care Team 2 awaiting departure at Toronto’s Pearson Airport: L-R Zarena Pash, RN; Denise Reimer, PCP; Jennifer Pritchard, Medical Resident; Drew Dorssers, PCP; Mark Crandall, RN. (absent: Lorren Locke and Kari Locke, RN).

September 24, 2010 – Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’ (CMAT) second Primary Health Care, which arrived in Karachi a few days ago, is now working in Pakistan’s flooded region of Sukkur, in interior Sindh province. In collaboration with Pakistani Federal and Provincial authorities, and other NGO partners on the ground, the team identified an area in Sukkur, Sindh Province, approximately a 500km north of Karachi. The immediate vicinity is home to 5-6 internally displace persons (IDP) camps, with population of several thousand.