Indonesian medical team arrives

Doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and midwives arrive to provide medical services

KARACHI:

An Indonesian Medical Team arrived in Karachi to provide medical aid and services to the flood victims.

The team consists of 29 medical personnel ranging from doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and midwives.

The team was welcomed by the Indonesian Consul General Dr June Kuncoro Hadiningrat, along with the Minister of the Social Welfare Department of Sindh Province, Muhammad Sajid Jokhio, representatives from Pakistan NDMA, and Sindh Ministry of Health.

The team will assist its Pakistani counterparts in providing medical services to thousands of the victims of flood disasters living in tents in those areas.

The Indonesian medical team is scheduled to serve in the Mirpur Khas district to provide health services in fixed and mobile health units. Afterwards, the team will move to a tent city in Bin Qasim, Malir district in Karachi to provide health services in the Indonesian medical tents erected by the Indonesian National Disaster Management (BNPP)'s advanced team earlier.

This humanitarian work is a follow-up to the directive from the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, for Indonesia to help Pakistani people facing the calamity of the flood disaster.