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CMAT awarded CIDA funding for Medical Relief teams and Field Hospital in Pakistan Quake Crisis; Team #3 establishes wound care clinic in Muzzaffarabad

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CMAT Team 3 at Pearson International Airport for check-in

CMAT Team 3 at Pearson International Airport for check-in

November 3, 2005 : CMAT is very pleased to announce today that it has been awarded over $190,000 in funding for two of its projects as part of the fund matching program through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Hull , Quebec . The funds will be used to support medical teams of physicians and nurses to relieve exhausted medical staff at Islamabad hospitals, as well as to staff a CMAT field hospital being established in Muzzaffarabad and other quake devastated areas in northern Pakistan.

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CMAT Medical Teams hard at work in Pakistan Quake areas; Team #3 to deploy on Oct. 27th

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CMAT Team 2 in Bagh, Pakistan.

CMAT Team 2 in Bagh, Pakistan.

October 27, 2005: CMAT issued a report on Team #2’s activities today. Meanwhile, a third team consisting of eight members will be deployed to Islamabad on Friday, October 28, at 1700 hrs. Team Members David Deines and Dr. Ron Mcmillan who have been in the field since shortly after the Earthquake are due to arrive back at Toronto on Pakistan International Airlines at 1300 hrs on Friday, October 28, 2005.

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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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