The UAE has established a mobile clinic in the southeastern province of Khost to treat the people affected in the recent earthquake in Afghanistan, local officials said.
A 75-bed field hospital and a medical team have arrived from the UAE to treat survivors of a recent earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan. The Emirates News Agency WAM reported the relief was flown into Afghanistan by three planes on the directives of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
Before dispatching the field hospital, with two operating rooms, the UAE sent Afghanistan 30 metric tonnes of food. Eisa Salem Aldhaheri, the UAE ambassador to Afghanistan, was quoted as saying that the shipment was being used to deal with the food shortage issue.
Head of the Afghan traders’ council in UAE, Obaidullah Sadarkhail, said that an air bridge has been facilitated between the UAE and Khost to provide humanitarian support which includes food and other basic supplies to the people affected by the earthquake.
“After the earthquake happened in our provinces, the government of the UAE decided to provide emergency supplies through an air bridge. The flights take place on a daily basis and bring tents, blankets and medicine,” he said.
A devastating earthquake last week hit southeastern Afghanistan and left over a thousand people dead and hundreds of others wounded.
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