Doctors Without Borders despatch 8 teams to Nepal
SINGAPORE — International aid continues to pour in for Nepal as the country races against time in their search-and-rescue operations.
SINGAPORE — International aid continues to pour in for Nepal as the country races against time in their search-and-rescue operations.
Today (April 27), Swiss-based international humanitarian medical organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — also known as Doctors Without Borders — is sending eight teams to assist those affected by the Earthquake in Nepal.
Four teams from MSF have already made an initial departure and are currently at the Nepal border awaiting clearance to enter. The remaining four will be heading to Kathmandu today, MSF said.
A surgical team comprising eight staff is en route to the disaster area from Brussels and will be setting up a surgical unit and run mobile clinics in remote areas.
A team from Japan — medical and non-medical staff — is also headed to Kathmandu Valley while another from Amsterdam is also departing today carrying medical and water and sanitation capacity.
According to MSF, the final team from New Delhi will be heading back to Kathmandu after “initially being re-routed back to India due to aftershocks”. They are expected to arrive in Kathmandu later today and begin providing medical assistance.
Emergency supplies are also being sent from Bordeaux, France today, said the MSF.