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Army troops will continue to help survivors through Eid

ISLAMABAD: Over 75,000 Pakistan Army troops are involved in relief and rescue operations in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said on Thursday.

According to the statement, relief and rescue operations would continue during the Eid holidays. “Senior military commanders will be with their troops in the field on Eid day, in keeping with the army’s traditions,” the ISPR said.

As many as 44 helicopters, including fifteen from allied countries, have flown over one hundred hours to airlift 221 tonnes of relief goods to the affected areas and 1,489 tents and 6,227 blankets have been transported to various parts of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP.

Relief goods were also dispatched by road where mules were used to travel to areas inaccessible to vehicles. As many as 140 mules were used to transport 4,600 kilograms of relief items to the Jacha, Ghonul, Pattika, Padher and Misuch villages in the NWFP.

According to the statement, arrangements have been made for 1,852 patients, who are still admitted in various military hospitals at Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum, Kharian, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Lahore to celebrate Eid.

“Doctors, paramedics and authorities at the military hospitals are committed to providing a cordial and congenial environment to the earthquake victims. Specially trained nursing staff and paramedics have been employed to take care of those who are still under treatment in these hospitals,” the statement said. Many senior army officers, their families and other people from all walks of life visit these wards and check on the well-being of the quake-victims, spend time with them and give them presents and flowers.

Following the October 8 earthquake, over 11,000 patients were registered in these Military Hospitals most of them in Rawalpindi. Besides those patients treated at the Military Hospitals thousands others who were injured on October 8 are being treated by a team of 121 Army doctors and 334 paramedics in forward areas. staff report

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