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Relief supplies for Myanmar's cyclone victims not enough: MSF
Bangkok, June 5 (TNA) - The international medical aid organisation Doctors without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said here on Wednesday relief supplies for Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar were not enough, but confirmed the junta was not impeding international aid agencies’ operations.
MSF director Dr Frank Smithuis called for more contribution from the international community to assist cyclone-struck victims in Myanmar. He said the current volume of relief supplies was still unsatisfactory and was not reaching most of the affected areas.
To address the problem, the organisation has hired 200 to 300 trucks together with 250 locals to dispatch aid supplies to the needy.
According to the programme director, as many as 150,000 temporary shelters were erected and 43 mobile medical units set up.
The team has treated more than 300,000 people, who were mostly affected by fever, diarrhea and infectious wounds.
Dr Smithuis, however, confirmed no epidemic had been found so far.
MSF psychiatrist Kaz DeJong expressed concern over cyclone victims’ mental health, saying destitute living conditions were causing them great depression and worry about their lives. Some refused to eat for fear there would be no more food left for the following day.
Dr DeJong, however, insisted the military junta was not obstructing any form of relief operations delivered by international aid agencies. (TNA)
MSF director Dr Frank Smithuis called for more contribution from the international community to assist cyclone-struck victims in Myanmar. He said the current volume of relief supplies was still unsatisfactory and was not reaching most of the affected areas.
To address the problem, the organisation has hired 200 to 300 trucks together with 250 locals to dispatch aid supplies to the needy.
According to the programme director, as many as 150,000 temporary shelters were erected and 43 mobile medical units set up.
The team has treated more than 300,000 people, who were mostly affected by fever, diarrhea and infectious wounds.
Dr Smithuis, however, confirmed no epidemic had been found so far.
MSF psychiatrist Kaz DeJong expressed concern over cyclone victims’ mental health, saying destitute living conditions were causing them great depression and worry about their lives. Some refused to eat for fear there would be no more food left for the following day.
Dr DeJong, however, insisted the military junta was not obstructing any form of relief operations delivered by international aid agencies. (TNA)
