Association of Medical Doctors of ASIA, founded in 1984, Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC since 1995

One week has passed since the magnitude 7.9 earthquake had hit Nepal.

The huge shake had destroyed houses and roads to the remote villages in the mountains.
Aid have not reached many of the villages.

The first dispatch team from Japan conducted medical mission at Sindhu Sadabahar Hospital in Sindhupalchowk of Bagmati District.
The team moved back to Kathmandu to receive the supplies that arrived from Japan.

After the second dispatch from Japan and Bangladesh arrived in Kathmandu, they joined AMDA Nepal and arrived in Sindhupalchowk to replace the first dispatched team.
AMDA Hospital in Damak, Jhapa District also arrived and joined the team in Sindhupalchowk.

 

The third medical team carrying the supplies from Japan arrived in the late afternoon on May 1st.
Immediately, they visited Tribhuvan University and held a meeting with AMDA Nepal doctors of the relief activities.
At Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). We later found out that AMDA Nepal’s pediatric surgeon and orthopedic doctors working at TUTH started helping the victims on the day of the disaster.

Since the remote villages in the mountain area have not received enough support, AMDA have will be conducting a relief mission in those areas.
The first and third teams have left Kathmandu for Sindhupalchowk where the second team continues its medical mission.
The frequent aftershocks are forcing the affected people live outside of their homes.
They are in need of tents for temporary shelter.
Reponding to the needs of the affected, Hagihara Industries in Okayama have donated 100 tarpaulins. 
(http://www.hagihara.co.jp/en/index.html )

They will be carried by the fourth medical team being dispatched on May 4th.