30 January 2010
Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) is going to air a Live five hour "Muslims For Haiti" Telethon on ARY Digital, that will air worldwide with simultaneous webcasts in the USA, Canada, Middle East, UK, and Pakistan on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 starting 12:00 PM EST.
HHRD has set up a medical base camp for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Not only is HHRD working closely with the local doctors, a second team of Medical professionals arrived January 29, 2010 in Haiti.
At the forefront of this effort is HHRD's Director of International Projects, Irfan Khurshid. His initial observation states, "In all the camps that we visited, we didn't see any medical help available. There isn't much medical help and only a few have access to it." Thus, our primary focus is providing medical assistance. While we tend to these requests, we have kept in mind the most needed items like drinking water, food and shelter.
HHRD volunteers and Medical team had been initially staying on the border of Haiti in Santa Domingo due to safety issues. They have been traveling into Haiti, making a 7 hour trip everyday and returning by night. Despite the security issues within Haiti, HHRD has been successful in setting up a Medical Clinic in Port-au-Price.
People have been sleeping on the streets since the earthquake hit. They are out of their homes, hungry, without shelter and in desperate need of basic necessities. HHRD will be sending containers to Haiti for the millions that have been displaced from their homes.
Helping Hand for Relief and Development has launched a $1.5 million appeal for the earthquake victims of Haiti.
The Telethon webcast will be accessible on the website of Helping Hand for Relief and Development on January 30th, 2010 from 12 pm – 5 pm EST.
Another Muslim innitiative for Haiti is being carried out by the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA), which has helped convert the "Bojeux Parc" amusement park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to a health care facility. The facility is being operated through a partnership between IMANA, Comprehensive Disaster Response Services (CDRS) and AIMER Haiti volunteers.
With existing hospitals in Port-Au-Prince overwhelmed with patients, IMANA said physicians at the facility are hoping to increase their capacity as quake victims continue to present with fractures, infected wounds and dehydration.
"On day one, an air hockey table doubled as a procedure table. Now, with our partners, we are providing services from pediatricians, obstetricians, emergency doctors, and surgeons to at least 100 patients a day. We are hoping to arrange equipment that would allow our surgeons to go from performing simple procedures to running a full mobile operating room," said Dr. Sameer Gafoor, a volunteer physician in Port-au-Prince. Gafoor is a cardiologist at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.
IMANA is planning to send additional teams of physicians and surgeons every week with shipments of supplies to support existing operations.
Sources:
"Muslims for Haiti: 5 hour LIVE Telethon for Haiti Relief" PR Newswire January 29, 2009
"Muslim Medical Groups in Haiti" TMO January 28, 2009
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