Jordan flies in relief goods

“The plane carries a 25-member medical team, including nine doctors, as well as 21,000 typhoid and cholera vaccines.”


Agencies August 16, 2010

AMMAN: A Jordanian plane carrying 3.5 tonnes of food and medical supplies left for Pakistan on Sunday to help millions of people hit by the devastating floods, an official said.

“The plane also carries a 25-member medical team, including nine doctors, as well as 21,000 typhoid and cholera vaccines,” Brigadier Mohammad Mheisen of Jordan’s Royal Medical Services told the state-run Petra news agency. Prince Rashed bin Hassan, King Abdullah II’s cousin and president of the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation’s board of trustees, said the kingdom would send more aid to Pakistan during Ramazan, according to Petra.

Over in Canada, leader of the Government in the House of Commons John Baird and Senator Salma Ataullah announced on Sunday that the Government of Canada will provide up to $33million to respond to the urgent needs of the flood-affected population of Pakistan. They made the announcement on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon and Minister of International Cooperation Beverley J Oda.

“The trail of devastation and the desperate humanitarian situation caused by the floods have worsened with the continuing rains,” said Minister Baird. “This contribution will help meet priority needs including food, water and sanitation, emergency medical care and shelter, essential household goods, logistics and coordination efforts, and the deployment of Canadian relief supplies,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2010.

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