Amputations Widespread Among Quake Victims
Tony Barr
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Title:
Amputations Widespread Among Quake Victims
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
10/15/2005
Text:
Dozens of Pakistani quake victims have lost limbs Amputations Widespread
Among Quake Victims By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Thirteen-year-old Riffat Nazir's right leg was
trapped under the door frame when last weekend's quake brought her family's
two-story mud house down around her in Kashmir.
It took three days for her family to dig out their dead and give them a
proper Muslim burial, and three more before they could transport the girl to
a hospital near the Pakistani capital. By then, doctors had no choice but to
amputate.
Earthquake victim, Abdul Razak, 10, from Kashmir, recovers from having his
left arm amputated at the Rawalpindi General Hospital in Rawalpindi,
Pakistan, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Dozens of Pakistani earthquake victims
have lost limbs because of delays in getting the injured from isolated
villages to a place with proper health care. At Rawalpindi General Hospital,
surgeons have performed more than 200 major operations in the past six days,
mostly patients suffering crushed limbs.
Dozens of Pakistani quake victims have lost limbs because of delays in
getting the injured from isolated villages to a place with proper health
care.
At Rawalpindi General Hospital, where Nazir was recovering Friday from the
operation to amputate her right leg below the knee, surgeons have performed
more than 200 major operations in the past six days, mostly on patients
suffering crushed limbs.
Helicopters have transported a flood of patients from the quake zone to the
north, where few hospitals were left standing after last Saturday's
7.6-magnitude temblor. Rawalpindi's three main hospitals and three others in
nearby Islamabad have been choked by the crisis.
The patients are coming late and suffering gangrene in their wounds, said
Dr. Kamran Saeed, an orthopedic surgeon who had performed eight of the 25 or
so amputations carried out at Rawalpindi General in recent days.
You cannot save the leg or arm. You have to save the life of the patient,
he said.
Injured people stranded in remote villages in the mountains of Kashmir and
many outlying areas - where thousands have died - have seen no rescue
workers. They often have had to rely on relatives carrying them for hours on
foot to have a chance of survival.
Want to help thru USA Contacts?
Contact:
1)Tony Barr Barr Foundation <Email Address Redacted> 561-394-6514 (non profit
staus can receipt tax deductible donations fro donors)
2)Ferhan Maher CPO In Atlanta 'Ferhan Maher'see below
3)Dr. Khalid N. K. Niazi <Email Address Redacted> In Virgina more info below
Ferhan Maher CPO In Atlanta 'Ferhan Maher'see below
4)Mr. J.H. Niazi
ADDRESS: 2760 Brier Pond Circle VA, USA 22191
Tel: +703 441 9007EMAIL: <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Pakistan relief
Dear List Members
I'm an American born Pakistani American graduate from UW. I am pleading to
my colleagues to come together in effort to clean out your shops, cars, and
garages of all old components used prosthesis anything worth donating to a
country in need. I am collecting stuff to be shipped soon but would like to
know if anyone can send me there stuff to ship to Pakistan for FREE via PIA
which will accept donations to be shipped to Pakistan. I will help anyone
with there shipping costs to me in ATLANTA. We here in Atlanta will be
holding a fund raiser this weekend the 15th of October to collect money or
supplies. I will also try my hardest to accompany the goods directly to
Pakistan.
My mother's family is form Islamabad so it definitely hits home like
Katrina. So anything will be appreciated. To contact me please email or call
my office 1-800-294-5462
404-296-2088
Thank you all again.
Sincerely
Ferhan Maher CPO
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Further on Pakistan Quake & Donation Appeal
Dear List Members,
Further to an appeal on the List for donations for quake survivors the
following information is added to the original message.
1.Pakistan's International carrier PIA has been lifting the relief supplies
free of cost from its all destinations on the globe. Pl. visit
www.piac.com.pk
2.Donors in USA to contact to PIA Chicago 630 586 9590-6, PIA Houston 713
520 0873 and to PIA N.Y. on
212 760 8484 & 212 760 8455. After getting any info and address of their
cargo offices the donations can be dispatched by surface mail parcels to PIA
for onward transmittal to 'HOPE Rehabilitation Society, 31-A, JoharTown,
Lahore, Pakistan'
3. The donors in Saudi Arabia to call 800-844-0524, in UAE 8000-441-1270, in
United Kingdom 0-800-587-1023, in USA 1-800-578-6786, in Canada
1-800-578-6786, in France 0800-90-5350.
4. If Donors in USA and UK need contact address of the local representatives
of HOPE Rehabilitation Society for the purpose of convenient dispatch of
donated goods locally for onward transmission to Pakistan, they should very
kindly contact:
Mr. J.H. Niazi
ADDRESS: 2760 Brier Pond Circle VA, USA 22191
Tel: +703 441 9007
EMAIL: <Email Address Redacted>
5. In addition to the previously listed items for relief, the thermoplastic
blanks, foam and resins will also do better.
Sincerely,
Dr. Khalid N. K. Niazi
B.Sc. M.B.B.S., B.Sc. (Mech. Engineering) Cert. Orthotics & Prosthetics
Rehabilitation Specialist ,Mayo Hospital Lahore & President, Hope
Rehabilitation Society
Among Quake Victims By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Thirteen-year-old Riffat Nazir's right leg was
trapped under the door frame when last weekend's quake brought her family's
two-story mud house down around her in Kashmir.
It took three days for her family to dig out their dead and give them a
proper Muslim burial, and three more before they could transport the girl to
a hospital near the Pakistani capital. By then, doctors had no choice but to
amputate.
Earthquake victim, Abdul Razak, 10, from Kashmir, recovers from having his
left arm amputated at the Rawalpindi General Hospital in Rawalpindi,
Pakistan, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Dozens of Pakistani earthquake victims
have lost limbs because of delays in getting the injured from isolated
villages to a place with proper health care. At Rawalpindi General Hospital,
surgeons have performed more than 200 major operations in the past six days,
mostly patients suffering crushed limbs.
Dozens of Pakistani quake victims have lost limbs because of delays in
getting the injured from isolated villages to a place with proper health
care.
At Rawalpindi General Hospital, where Nazir was recovering Friday from the
operation to amputate her right leg below the knee, surgeons have performed
more than 200 major operations in the past six days, mostly on patients
suffering crushed limbs.
Helicopters have transported a flood of patients from the quake zone to the
north, where few hospitals were left standing after last Saturday's
7.6-magnitude temblor. Rawalpindi's three main hospitals and three others in
nearby Islamabad have been choked by the crisis.
The patients are coming late and suffering gangrene in their wounds, said
Dr. Kamran Saeed, an orthopedic surgeon who had performed eight of the 25 or
so amputations carried out at Rawalpindi General in recent days.
You cannot save the leg or arm. You have to save the life of the patient,
he said.
Injured people stranded in remote villages in the mountains of Kashmir and
many outlying areas - where thousands have died - have seen no rescue
workers. They often have had to rely on relatives carrying them for hours on
foot to have a chance of survival.
Want to help thru USA Contacts?
Contact:
1)Tony Barr Barr Foundation <Email Address Redacted> 561-394-6514 (non profit
staus can receipt tax deductible donations fro donors)
2)Ferhan Maher CPO In Atlanta 'Ferhan Maher'see below
3)Dr. Khalid N. K. Niazi <Email Address Redacted> In Virgina more info below
Ferhan Maher CPO In Atlanta 'Ferhan Maher'see below
4)Mr. J.H. Niazi
ADDRESS: 2760 Brier Pond Circle VA, USA 22191
Tel: +703 441 9007EMAIL: <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Pakistan relief
Dear List Members
I'm an American born Pakistani American graduate from UW. I am pleading to
my colleagues to come together in effort to clean out your shops, cars, and
garages of all old components used prosthesis anything worth donating to a
country in need. I am collecting stuff to be shipped soon but would like to
know if anyone can send me there stuff to ship to Pakistan for FREE via PIA
which will accept donations to be shipped to Pakistan. I will help anyone
with there shipping costs to me in ATLANTA. We here in Atlanta will be
holding a fund raiser this weekend the 15th of October to collect money or
supplies. I will also try my hardest to accompany the goods directly to
Pakistan.
My mother's family is form Islamabad so it definitely hits home like
Katrina. So anything will be appreciated. To contact me please email or call
my office 1-800-294-5462
404-296-2088
Thank you all again.
Sincerely
Ferhan Maher CPO
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Further on Pakistan Quake & Donation Appeal
Dear List Members,
Further to an appeal on the List for donations for quake survivors the
following information is added to the original message.
1.Pakistan's International carrier PIA has been lifting the relief supplies
free of cost from its all destinations on the globe. Pl. visit
www.piac.com.pk
2.Donors in USA to contact to PIA Chicago 630 586 9590-6, PIA Houston 713
520 0873 and to PIA N.Y. on
212 760 8484 & 212 760 8455. After getting any info and address of their
cargo offices the donations can be dispatched by surface mail parcels to PIA
for onward transmittal to 'HOPE Rehabilitation Society, 31-A, JoharTown,
Lahore, Pakistan'
3. The donors in Saudi Arabia to call 800-844-0524, in UAE 8000-441-1270, in
United Kingdom 0-800-587-1023, in USA 1-800-578-6786, in Canada
1-800-578-6786, in France 0800-90-5350.
4. If Donors in USA and UK need contact address of the local representatives
of HOPE Rehabilitation Society for the purpose of convenient dispatch of
donated goods locally for onward transmission to Pakistan, they should very
kindly contact:
Mr. J.H. Niazi
ADDRESS: 2760 Brier Pond Circle VA, USA 22191
Tel: +703 441 9007
EMAIL: <Email Address Redacted>
5. In addition to the previously listed items for relief, the thermoplastic
blanks, foam and resins will also do better.
Sincerely,
Dr. Khalid N. K. Niazi
B.Sc. M.B.B.S., B.Sc. (Mech. Engineering) Cert. Orthotics & Prosthetics
Rehabilitation Specialist ,Mayo Hospital Lahore & President, Hope
Rehabilitation Society
Citation
Tony Barr, “Amputations Widespread Among Quake Victims,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225517.
