Pakistan

25 August 2010
Medical Teams Arrive in Pakistan

The first Australian medical teams who will provide vital healthcare treatment and assistance to the victims of the devastating Pakistan floods arrived in the city of Multan, central Pakistan, today.

The AusAID-led Joint Inter-Agency Medical Task Force (JIAMTF) is stationed in Multan briefly whilst a field medical facility is being established 80km to the north-west, in the flood-affected city of Kot Addu.

The medical facility is expected to be constructed within the next 72 hours and fully operational within a week. Once constructed, the Medical Task Force will transfer to Kot Addu where they will deliver immediate, short term primary health care and maternal and child health care to those in need.

The Medical Task Force is comprised of both civilian and military medical and environmental health professionals, with the first contingent provided by the ADF and consisting of three Primary Health Care Teams (PHCT) and one Environmental Health Team (EHT), facilitated by small command and support elements.

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Cargo and medical professionals loaded in a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster bound for Pakistan.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Ross Wadsworth, Commander of Joint Task Force 636, briefs ADF personnel in the air on the challeges they will face during Operation PAKISTAN ASSIST II.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, His Excellency Tim George, welcomes personnel assigned to Operation PAKISTAN ASSIST II prior to them disembarking C-17 Globemaster in Multan, Pakistan.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Load personnel tie down equipment inside a RAAF C-17 Globemaster that is deploying an Australian Defence Force team in support of Operation Pakistan Assist II.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17 Globemaster begins unloading medical personnel and their equipment at Multan International Airport, Pakistan.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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Australian Defence Force Medical personnel take time out onboard a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C17 Globemaster before they hit the ground running to provide aid to the flood affected people of Pakistan.

(Date taken: 24 August 2010)
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