On the 25th of April, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. Thousands of Nepalese have fled from their homes and hundreds of buildings have collapsed. The death toll is over 8,000 and rising.
When the earthquake hit, UNHCR responded immediately by delivering life-saving assistance to people who had lost everything.
What do Survivors Need Right Now?
An estimated 2.8 million people are living in the open in need of assistance and protection. Terrified and homeless, families are too afraid of aftershocks to return home.
Shelter is now the single overwhelming need and it is urgent.
At least 200,000 houses have been destroyed and another 190,000 badly damaged. An estimated 2.8 million people are living in the open in need of assistance and protection.
Partnership with Local Norvic Hospital to Help
From our previous experience with disasters, MiST Foundation has found a bimodal distribution of amputation; in first few days following a disaster and then at 4-6 weeks following a disaster, when patients have developed osteomyelitis, mal-unions and non-unions of fractures.
The MiST Foundation has hooked up with a local hospital, Norvic, run by Mr Bassant Chaudhary to help the injured victims and set up a long term project to help teach and train the local AHP and doctors in the art of Limb Reconstruction.
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Posted on: 09 May 2015
Written by: Suheal (Sohail) Khan