MORE MEDICAL AID MISSION MEMBERS HEAD TO PADANG

IPOH (Malaysia), Nov 4 (Bernama) -- Four Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal
College of Medicine Perak (UniKL RCMP) personnel will join the Malaysian Relief
Agency's (MRA) mission to offer medical aid to the earthquake victims in Padang,
Indonesia, from Nov 7 to 14.

The team, led by Assoc Prof Dr Abdul Karim Russ Hassan, compris ed
two medical doctors, a pharmaceutical assistant, and a counselor.

"The team will tend to the victims at the disaster area. We are expecting
over 100 patients daily," Dr Abdul Karim told a news conference here Wednesday.

Besides medical aid, it would also offer post-trauma counselling for the
victims.

"We are the seventh team supervised by the MRA and the programme has also
received support from various non-governmental organisations and hospitals in
terms of medical supply," he said.

Hundreds of people were killed, while thousands more were injured in the
earthquake which hit the area on Sept 30.

-- BERNAMA