Sabtu 06 Oct 2012 20:38 WIB

Indonesian Red Cross donates ambulance for Rohingya

Rep: Andi Nur Aminah/Satya Festiani / Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
   The head of Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla (right) with CEO of Qatar Charity Yusuf Bin Ahmed Al Kuwary are in Doha, Qatar on Thursday, to explain the strategy and concrete actions to resolve conflict between Rohingya and Rakhine ethnics. (illust
Foto: Antara/special documentation of Jusuf Kalla
The head of Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla (right) with CEO of Qatar Charity Yusuf Bin Ahmed Al Kuwary are in Doha, Qatar on Thursday, to explain the strategy and concrete actions to resolve conflict between Rohingya and Rakhine ethnics. (illust

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YANGOON - Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) donates a unit of ambulance to Myanmar Red Cross as the refugee camps scattered in several regions and the lack of medical operational vehicles. The Coordinator of Humanitarian Aid at PMI for Myanmar, Arifin Muhammad Hadi, said the donated ambulance has met WHO standard. 

The ambulance is also equipped with oxygen tank and nasal cannula, first aid, and minor surgery utensils. "The ambulance will be used for medical operational team in every emergency camp in Rakhine, Arifin Muhammad Hadi, said on Friday in the press release.

The President of Myanmar Red Cross (MRCS), Tha Hla Shwe, expressed his gratitude to PMI. He said that MRCS needed mobile ambulance to reach remote areas. The ambulance is also functioned to evacuate emergency patient from refugee camp to hospital.

 

 

 

 

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