Pakistan News Agency Lauds Quake Relief Aid By US Military
Posted on: Monday, 5 December 2005, 12:00 CST
Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency
Islamabad, 5 December: US military aviation and medical units both exceeded a 5,000 milestone in the last two days here while supporting Pakistan-led earthquake relief efforts by providing medical treatment to 5,000 patients and delivering 5,000 tones of relief goods.
US helicopters reached the first milestone on 3 December, when the total aid they have delivered topped more than 5,000 tons. The second milestone was reached by the US hospital in Muzaffarabad when the 5,000th patient walked through their doors on 4 December.
Approximately 300 US army soldiers and 16 Ch-47 Chinook helicopters comprise Task Force Eagle which took over the aviation mission of delivering relief aid here on 4 November from a previous task force that returned to Afghanistan. The US began flying humanitarian aid on 11 October, three days after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake devastated the Kashmir and North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
The 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital [MASH] manned by approximately 200 US army soldiers started its operation on 25 October. The facility is capable of performing simultaneous surgeries and has a capacity of 24 intensive care unit beds with 60 additional beds for patients needing less in-patient monitoring.
Task Force Eagle and the 212th MASH make up a portion of nearly 1,000 US military members assigned to the Disaster Assistance Centre Pakistan to provide aviation, medical and engineering support to the government.
Source: BBC Monitoring South Asia
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