Dear APPNA Members and Friends,
Pakistan has been hit by a very strong earthquake, with people feeling the shocks in many densely populated cities like Islamabad, Lahore and Faisalabad, in addition to the thousands of small communities along the North and East of Pakistan. Death and injury is anticipated, along with damage to facilities and infrastructure, causing hardship to hundreds of thousands of people.
APPNA is closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan and the Social Welfare and Disaster Relief Committee has already been activated, as in previous years to start streamlining APPNA's response. APPNA has invaluable experience of dealing with mega-disasters, including the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan. We not only provided physicians, but helped with acute and long term care of the injured and also in rebuilding critically needed healthcare and educational facilities.