CMAT Archives - Page 14 of 15 - Canadian Medical Assistance Teams

Second CMAT team deployed to Indonesia for reconstruction; first team to return to Canada by end of week

2005 - Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005 - Indonesia Tsunami, Deployments

CMAT Volunteers at press conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada giving details of their mission to Indonesia. (Photo from The StarPhoenix, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 14, 2005).

January 18, 2005: CMAT’s second team of volunteers were deployed to Indonesia today where they will conduct reconstruction projects in Meuloboh, and possibly Banda Aceh. The team of 5 are professional paramedics from Saskatchewan, and one is a licensed heavy equipment operator. Canadian Medical Assistance Team’s first team, led by Mr. Bill Coltart, who left for Indonesia on January 5, will be returning to Canada by the end of this week.

CMAT team in Indonesia, January 2005

2005 - Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005 - Indonesia Tsunami, Deployments

Colonel Paul Morneault of the Canadian Defense Attaché Office in Jakarta poses with CMAT volunteers in front of clinic at Drien Rampak. (January, 2005).

January 11, 2013 – A very special thanks to

Bill Coltart, Paramedic (Project Leader)
Glen Polson, Paramedic
David Deines, Paramedic
Dr. David Ratcliffe, ER Physician
Dr. Daryl Leski, ER Physician
Dr. Kirk Sundby, Ortho Surgeon

for their hard work, dedication and devotion on this difficult mission. Photos courtesy of CMAT staff.

Dr. Leski poses with an elderly Indonesian man. (January, 2005).

CMAT continues to receive generous donations for tsunami relief.

2005 - Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005 - Indonesia Tsunami, Deployments

January 10, 2005:

I.L. Thomas Odadrihony Anita Elementary school – $1301 CAD,
Oliver M. Smith Kawenni $2030,
Six Nations Council $1000 from Six Nations Reserve, Oshweken, Ontario, Canada.
24 York region schools in Toronto raise $61,000 USD for CMAT Tsunami relief efforts

CMAT is grateful for their support.

CMAT team in Indonesia, January 2005

2005 - Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005 - Indonesia Tsunami, Deployments

CMAT Volunteer Dr. Kirk Sundby, Orthopedic Surgeon sits on Singapore Air Force Chinook helicopter with rest of CMAT team enroute to Medan. (January, 2005)

A very special thanks to Bill Coltart, Paramedic (Project Leader) Glen Polson, Paramedic David Deines, Paramedic, (Logistics) Dr. David Ratcliffe, ER Physician, Dr. Daryl Leski, ER Physician, Dr. Kirk Sundby, Ortho Surgeon, for their hard work, dedication and devotion on this difficult mission. Photos courtesy of CMAT staff.