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Second CMAT Medical Team deploys; CMAT awarded $22,000 USD for advanced mobile Field hospital

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CMAT team #1 at a clinic they established in Bagh.

CMAT team #1 at a clinic they established in Bagh.

October 20, 2005: A twelve-member Canadian Medical Assistance Team’ (CMAT) will deploy on Friday, October 21, 2005 from Pearson International Airport in Toronto leaving on Pakistan International Airlines flight to Islamabad at 1700hrs (Toronto time). The team will work alongside members of the Rotary Club of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to deliver emergency medical relief to quake victims in Pakistan’s northeast as well as assist and support medical staff at hospitals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi that have been deluged with quake victims airlifted from the field.

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CMAT Emergency Appeal: Pakistan Quake Progress Report #2

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Tent cities are to be found throughout the area

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.

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CMAT ships 2 skids of medical supplies by air cargo; forms medical team to head to Sri Lanka

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Ken Gilroy, Manager of Brantford General Hospital Stores, Brantford, Canada, helps shrink wrap a skid of medical supplies which will be shipped by air cargo to Sri Lanka by the weekend (December 30, 2004).

Ken Gilroy, Manager of Brantford General Hospital Stores, Brantford, Canada, helps shrink wrap a skid of medical supplies which will be shipped by air cargo to Sri Lanka by the weekend (December 30, 2004).

 

December 31, 2004:  CMAT reported today that it has formed a medical team to be headed by Mr. Bill Coltart, a paramedic from British Columbia Ambulance Service. Mr. Coltart of Courtenay, B.C., will head a group consisting of an emergency physician and several paramedics with specialized training in heavy urban rescue, and extrication. Read more