aid Archives - Canadian Medical Assistance Teams

CMAT opens school in remote Muzzaffarabad village

2005 - Pakistan Earthquake, Deployments

CMAT Director of Field Operations Tara Newell at the official opening of the new school.

Saturday July 7, 2007 – CMAT published photos today of a school opening in a remote village outside of Muzzaffarabad, the epicenter of the devastating October, 2005 quake that killed over 90,000 persons. School construction for 150 children was completed in March, 2007 and included playground equipment. The structure was built to be earthquake resistant. Funds for the project were donated by Canadian clothier Stitches and constructed at a cost of $25,000 CAD.

South Asian Earthquake: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective

2005 - Pakistan Earthquake, Deployments

CMAT Field Hospital: A mother who sustained a crush injury to her right hand complicated by gangrene requiring amputation. Her injury was sustained when she pulled one child to safety as her home collapsed.

May 4, 2006 – Article by CMAT Volunteer Ron McMillan, MD published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine – May 2006, Vol. 8 No. 3.

South Asian Earthquake: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective (HTML)

South Asian Earthquake: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective (PDF)

April, 2006: New Schools to be built – Kashmiri Children eager to learn

2005 - Pakistan Earthquake, Deployments

Kashmiri children sit in an outdoor classroom in the rubble of their former school. When weather is bad, the children don’t attend school.

April 4, 2006: Three new earthquake-resistant elementary schools will be built over the next three months in the devastated region of Azad Kashmir. The Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) will contract local builders to facilitate the project, funded through private and public donations.

CMAT/ Trillium Rehab team releases initial report on Physio/Rehab activities for Pakistan Quake victims in Rawalpindi

2005 - Pakistan Earthquake, Deployments

The CMAT Spinal Rehab team from Trillium hospital poses with colleagues from Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.

March 9, 2006: The Trillium Hospital (Mississauga) neuro/rehab and physio teams released an initial report of their activities in Pakistan from January to February this week. An estimated 1,500 quake victims lie in hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). Before the CMAT Rehab team arrived, these paitents were lying in beds without active physio or rehab interventions. CMAT Rehab teams worked with the NGO Subh-E-Nau at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.