NATO mobile medical teams treated more than
3000 patients

Background NATO delivers aid to Pakistan Multimedia 16/11/2005 - SHAPE Photos of NATO field hospital

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – NATO Air Mobile Medical Teams in Pakistan have treated over 3,000 patients in the earthquake-affected area of Kashmir since they started operations in November.

The October 8th earthquake devastated the infrastructure in the Kashmir Mountains leaving thousands injured without access to medical facilities. Roads and hospitals collapsed and hundred of thousands needed medical attention.

The Air Mobile Medical Team consists of a Luxembourg MD Explorer Air Rescue helicopter ( Luxembourg contribution to the NATO Disaster Relief Team in Pakistan ) and Czech, Dutch, French, Portuguese, and UK medics assigned to the NATO Medical Relief Hospital in Bagh. They have been able to bring medical assistance and medicines to remote villages. Most of these areas are not accessible by vehicles and do not have any medical facilities nearby where people can go for medical care.

The Luxembourg MD Explorer is the workhorse of the Air Mobile Medical Team. Its ability to land in remote areas is phenomenal. In some instances, the medical teams are dropped by the Luxemburg helicopter and then reach their destination using mules for extra mobility in the rough mountain terrain. They have saved the lives of hundreds that would otherwise have been killed by earthquake-related injuries or diseases.