Eight children born at relief camps in a day in Karachi

KARACHI: At least eight babies were delivered at different relief camps in the city, while 50 patients were referred to various hospitals on Saturday, focal person for medical camps Dr Khalid Bukhari said in a statement.

There are eight camps in Gadap Town, and 1,366 patients were reported in their OPDs, where four babies were born, Bukhari said.

In Bin Qasim Town there were 10 camps and 1,222 patients were reported with one delivery, he said, adding, in two mobile camps in SITE area, 468 people reported at the OPD, and one baby was delivered.

In Gulshan-e-Iqbal one baby was delivered and at least 305 patients reported at the four medical camps established in the town, the doctor said, adding another baby was born at one of the seven medical camps in Keamari Town, where 520 patients were reported in the OPD.

There is only one medical camp and one mobile camp in Korangi Town, where 27 patients have been reported, Bukhari said.

The Sindh government has established 33 regular medical camps and three mobile camps in different areas of the city.

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VISIT 2- Keemari Town Relief Camp

DATE: 4 September, 2010

2 p.m.

AREA: Hawks bay, Keemari Town, Karachi

VISIT# 2

No. of Camps: more then 900

No. of families/persons: more then 7,000

General View: It was a good relaxing day, no one rushed to us, and we were not pulled over to some camp, not pushed to one side. Things had calmed down, and no one was in a rush to get anything or everything. The food and daily usage items were delivered to families in their tents, so there was no fight over food and other stuff. People had accepted the fact they had been displaced and they have to live here for a certain period of time, they had started washing their clothes, bringing their creativity in use, going out to work on daily wages, and taking care of their hygiene.

Specific Issues: Almost everyone had shifted at the camp a week back, so they were registered and provided with all the facilities; kitchen utensils, detergents, groceries, proper bathing and drinking water. People were complaining that its different organizations who is helping them but not the government. They want proper bedding and nets to safe them from mosquito and insects’ bites.

Facilities:

FOOD: Cooked foods as well as groceries have been provided to the IDPs by the local organizations along with the utensils, now people don’t have to line up at the camp to get the food. People are tired of eating like food as in briyani or aalu-palak. Administration is providing tea, milk to the families so they can make tea according to their wish. It’s giving the families a good time to relax together and have a good time.

BEVERAGES: One tent is provided with a cooler to fill in water for their daily use. Four water tankers a day come to fill in the tank at the camp. Now because everyone has got everything, it is easier for them to safe water for their kids.

HYGIENE/TOILETS: Each family is provided with detergents to wash clothes and their utensils as well as soap and daily toiletries to bathe their kids. We visited the camp in the evening and kids seemed fresh, some were taking bath and other looked clean and sparkling.

MEDICAL: City government has provided 7 ambulances for emergency at the medical camp; people who were previously not going to these camps have started visiting and taking in the medicines from the doctors. Those who can’t afford to eat spicy food, get biscuits and milk from the medical camp.

VISIT 1- Keemari Town Relief Camp

DATE: 28 August, 2010

AREA: Hawks bay, Keemari Town, Karachi

VISIT# 1

No. of Camps: 850

No. of families/persons: more then 5,000

General View: As said everything that glitters is not Gold, that’s what we experienced on our first visit to Keemari Town Relief camp. Very organized, clean, properly maintained were the words that came to our mind when we were getting off from the car to enter the relief camp premises.

Once in, we started figuring out how things were going in there. People rushed to us, in order to get some food or any sort of help from us with loads of complains and worries written on their faces. The first administrative camp we came across wanted us to register ourselves, so that they can help us to have a good understanding about the IDPs. The other on our left had good donation of clothes ready to be distributed to the refugees and was being fight on.

Specific Issues: Those IDPs who had not been registered were not provided with the tents. Administration said it takes about 1 day to register them and provide them with al the facilities and help, on the other hand the refugees were complaining that they were asked to show their ID cards, which of course they were not able to pick up while leaving in such emergency.

Kids were the one who had suffered the most. Although they were being provided with food, the nutrition level was going down in the kids as they were not getting quality food to eat, or milk to drink. The food was spicy or oily enough to carter the kids as well as pregnant ladies. There were about 35 pregnant women on the camp, who wanted food supplements, vitamins, calcium and were suffering from different nutritional deficiencies.

Facilities:

FOOD: Cooked food being provided at the administration camp, people have to line up there to get the food, it is mostly briyani or some sort of rice and spicy food. Administration said that they provide powdered milk and tetra packed milk to kids along with the biscuits. Dr. Hina said it will be better if people are proved with cooking utensils and stoves so that they cook for themselves, this will help them divert their minds as well.

BEVERAGES: Drinking water is the same as for different chores. One tent is provided with a cooler to fill in water for their daily use. Two water tankers a day come to fill in the tank at the camp. The refugees complained that the scenario is of that of survival of the fittest, who ever is strong enough to fight for the food and other necessities gets everything, where as other does not.

HYGIENE/TOILETS: People living said that everything provided here is unhygienic, the place is so dirty that it stinks all the time (we did not experience anything like that). We are getting skin diseases because of mosquito and other insects’ bites. Dr. Hina believed that these people have never been taught of hygiene, even though proper washrooms have been built in but no one keeps them clean. They rely on everyone else to do so instead of helping themselves.

MEDICAL: A medical camp by city police has been set up with really friendly staff, which is so ready to help the sick people, with ample medication available. The doctors there were not only concerned about the physical health but their mental and psychological situation as well.

RELIEF CAMP IN KARACHI UNIVERSITY

Karachi University disaster management volunteer co-operation is providing relief to flood victim at immediate basis under the supervision of vice chancellor Dr. Professor Shahana Urooj
conducted by: Mohammed Fahad- 0346-2796727

INFO ABOUT THE FLOOD

Cusec means Cubic Foot per second (Cu & Sec)
1 cubic foot= 6 Gallons of water,
whereas 1 Gallon= 3.64 litres,
which means 1 cubic foot= 21.84 litres. It concludes that when 21.84 litres of water passes per second is called 1 cusec. Now imagine 10 lack cusec water which mean 21840000 litres of water (2 crores, 18 lacks and forty thousand litre) is passing each second. It beyond to believe the pressure of water at this heavy quantum thats why its name is "Super flood"

TEAM AAB contacts

For Pukaar Volunteer:
KARACHI, Contacts:

Dawa Khan: 0300-3499468
Arsalan Ghannum: 0345-3051747
Azaad Hussain: azadpanchi@hotmail.com

ARMY contacts:
Hasan Khan: 0312-9282362

An overview of the camps at Sachal goth

The medical camp and edhi ambulance of the camp 2.

The entrance area and the sitting area for outsiders.

The outer view of the camp 2 in school.

Drinking water and washing area provided at the camp.