Tent cities are to be found throughout the area
October 11, 2005: CMAT has launched an emergency appeal for donations to help the people in northeast Pakistan, Afghanistan and India after a powerful 7.6 magnitude quake struck the area, centered about 100km northeast of Islamabad. Current estimates suggest that up to 35,000 persons have perished to date and over 43,000 injured – numbers will climb.
Total destruction in Balakot
October 10, 2005: CMAT has launched an emergency appeal for donations to help the people in northeast Pakistan, Afghanistan and India after a powerful 7.6 magnitude quake struck the area, centered about 100km northeast of Islamabad. Current estimates suggest that up to 30,000 persons have perished to date and over 43,000 injured – numbers will climb.
September 10, 2005: A two-member CMAT assessment team consisting of two advanced care paramedics from British Columbia have returned from Baton Rouge yesterday. The team was deployed by CMAT to assess the need for deployment of the Canadian Medical Assistance Teams’s Medical Response Team. After three days in the Area of Operations (AOO) and completion of an on-ground tactical assessment, it was determined that CMAT’s team of 13 advanced care physicians, trauma nurses and flight paramedics should not be deployed to the area.
September 1, 2005 22:00hrs: CMAT staff in Brantford, Toronto and Courtenay, B.C. have been in contact with the Mennonite Disaster Services Committee on both sides of the border and with agencies on the ground in Baton Rouge, and with the American Ambulance Association, emergency officers in Louisiana and Mississippi, and officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the ground.
Dr. David Ratcliffe and his wife, Una LeDrew on board the KM Batavia.
March 22, 2005: CMAT announced today that its third Canadian medical team to Indonesia has returned to Canada after a 4 week humanitarian and medical mission along the Tsunami devastated west coast of Sumatra aboard the KM Batavia – a medical ship. Read more
Day 15 of Clinical Ops... CMAT continues delivering emergency care to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa — thanks to incredible community support, we’ve now raised $17k of our $50k goal. ❤️
Every contribution helps. Donate today: http://www.cmat.ca
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$14K raised — $36K to go.
Help us cross the finish line for CMAT’s emergency medical deployment to Jamaica.
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Hurricane Melissa left thousands without access to medical care.
Today, on Day 1, CMAT’s mobile clinic is treating the injured, the sick & the displaced.
We’re urgently raising $50,000 to continue this work. Every donation helps. Link in bio.
