Abdullah Abu Deif (Cairo)
Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Regional Director-Basic of the World Well being Group, mentioned that the group’s medical provides reached 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 folks affected by the current humanitarian disaster in Libya because of the devastating Hurricane “Daniel” and powerful flooding. affected the cities of Japanese Libya basically and town of Derna specifically, the latter of which was the arrival of 29 tons of medical provides, noting that the group screens and controls illnesses, which is extraordinarily essential. Al-Mandhari revealed in statements to Al-Ittihad that roughly 9,000 individuals are nonetheless lacking, because the group cooperates with the Libyan Ministry of Well being within the seek for lacking individuals, and has contributed to the restoration of the our bodies of three,958 folks, by figuring out their identification. identities, and issuing demise certificates to them.
He identified that the most recent cargo of reduction assist will assist restore provides to greater than half of well being services within the affected areas, most of which aren’t functioning because of the lack of medicines and medical gear. These provides might be despatched to the affected areas. hospitals and first well being care facilities as a result of they’re wanted to restart the hospitals and facilities.
Al-Mandhari mentioned: “The group is working intently with the Ministry of Well being in Libya and the Nationwide Heart for Illness Management to establish and reply to the medical wants of survivors and people affected in non permanent shelters and displaced individuals camps. Groups from the Well being Group are actively on website as a part of the evaluation mission led by the Ministry of Well being.” The group participates in evaluation missions carried out by United Nations businesses.
The Regional Director-Basic of the World Well being Group added that the precedence now’s to renew the providers of hospitals and well being facilities, and stop the unfold of infectious illnesses and management them, by assembly pressing healthcare wants for medical gear, medicines and fundamental facilities. provides, together with remedies for infectious and customary illnesses, surgical provides, and anesthesia provides.
He defined that within the coming interval, the World Well being Group will conduct in-depth well being assessments, restore the capabilities of well being services within the affected areas, and arrange mounted and cellular clinics as shut as attainable to the affected communities, and work to enhance entry to healthcare providers by deploy worldwide emergency medical groups and supply providers in distant and difficult-to-reach areas.
