We are sending eight medical and non-medical teams to assist victims of the Nepal Earthquake, which shook the Kathmandu Valley before noon on Saturday.
Update: 28 April 2015
Teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have arrived in Nepal and are currently assessing the most urgent medical needs. From the first aerial assessments, the damage seems to be significant in a number of villages in the mountainous region.
Due to the destruction, there is a need for relief items such as shelter, hygiene materials and cooking equipment.
More of our teams are expected to arrive in Nepal later today and over the coming days.
MSF currently has approximately 38 staff on the ground in Nepal, based in Kathmandu and Ghorka.
An MSF team has assessed the situation in Bhaktapur (east of Kathmandu), which has experienced destruction. The hospital does not have a functional operating theatre and all cases are being referred to Kathmandu.
People are staying in makeshift shelters in the open-air and the sanitation conditions are concerning, there are no latrines and water is scarce.
A surgical team and rapid intervention surgical kit arrived in Kathmandu late on Monday night and began assessments on Tuesday morning.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.
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