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LRBT's expertise is essentially in Ophthalmology, a discipline of health care therefore we have confined our flood relief efforts to Health care and potable drinking water . For this purpose 7 mobile Medical teams have been deployed and are providing Medical Relief in the flood affected areas in the catchments areas of our
hospitals.

We are treating the following diseases:-
• Diarrhea
• Gastroenteritis
• Cholera
• Malaria
• Vomiting
• Skin infections
• Respiratory diseases
• Eye infections

We are also supplying tablets to purify drinking water. We will also vaccinate (provided

we can get the vaccine which is only prepared by National Institute of Health,Islamabad)) the affectees to prevent Cholera.

Our Eight teams are serving in the areas mentioned below
Swat
Nowshera, Mardan,
Charsadda
Mianwali
Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh,
Kot Mithan
Sukkur, Dadu
Hyderabad, Nawabshah
Thatta & the Indus delta

Each team consists of one Doctor, two Paramedics, one driver and one cleaner. The deployment of Medical teams commenced on 5th August with the first one starting work in Nowshera, Charsadda & Mardan areas in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa (KP). Six more teams were were deployed on 13th August and one on 20th Aug. They are mobile and move from camp to camp despite serious communication issues and are examining patients, diagnosing and dispensing medicines. Major problems appear to be diarrhea & gastro-enteric and skin diseases. Water purifying tablets are also being distributed. A number of patients have eye problems ranging from conjunctivitis to cataract. Those patients who require eye surgery are being referred to the nearest LRBT hospital although Eye is not the main focus of our efforts in the current circumstances.

We have treated 23,079 patients (until August 23) and the work is continuing.

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