Team 3 arriving!

This noon the next team left to Tacloban. Susanne Mebes and Katarzyna
Ostendorf, who both attended the last training for volunteers of PSF 2,
are going there for Pharmacists without borders Germany (PSF). The
hospital is still an important contact point for the population. The
patient numbers are rising. There often occur injuries that originate
from clearing work. Respiratory diseases are still a big problem because
of burning of rubbish and debris.

More pictures of the work in our camp

 

 

Pictures of the clinic

Team 1 has returned safely yesterday. Petra Lange shared the following pictures with us.

In the meantime, the team has begun to not only treat patients in San Joaquin but also in neighbouring villages with a mobile clinic that is covering different areas, partly where no health services have been provided at all after the typhoon.

Team 2 arrived!

Field hospital in operation

 Since Saturday, 23.11.2013, the medical ambulance is in operation and treats on average 80-90 patiens per day. Primarily, it is a matter of basic medical care, for example the treatment of infections, respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases as well as wound treatment. Small operations can be done es well. Therefore we brought a so called Interagency Emergency Health Kit, that is able to treat 10 000 people over a period of 3 months. Frequently, we have to treat the results of the drinking water shortage or the consumption of contaminated water. With our drining water treatment plant we continue to produce 1000 liter potable water every day.

Freitag, 22. November 2013

The camp is set up - potable water and field hospital ready

The tasc force has arrived with the complete fright, consisting of drugs, power generators, drinking water treatment plants as well as other technical equipment and aid supplies, in San Joaquin on Thursday.

The team startet directly after arrival to set up the camp and made all preparations to be able to put the drinking water treatment plant and the field hospital into service on Friday. Today already 1 000 liters potable water were provided.

On Monday, 25th November, the second team is going to depart. The pharmacicts Petra Isenhuth and Andrea Czekanski will be on board for Pharmacists without Borders.

Donnerstag, 21. November 2013

It continues...

Message from Cebu:

Freight and team 1 have arrived in the camp with the complete 
freight at around 11 am German time.