September 4, 2014
Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq
Volunteer help employees in Ankawa, Erbil, in association with the St Shmouni Church, have actually established a mobile vaccination center for Christian refugees from the Nineveh province. The project intends to immunize kids, aged in between 5 months and 15 years of ages, versus polio and measles. Initially the program started on September 3rd and was expected to just last for a couple of days, however due to the high need it has actually been extended.
Transcription:
SOUNDBITE 1: Saad Youssef Karromeh, physician and supervisor of health care sector (guy, Arabic):
(03: 48)” Sponsored by the university hospital of Erbil and the guidance of the basic health directorate, a project was introduced to immunize refugee kids versus polio and measles. We offer the measles vaccine for kids in between the ages of 9 months and 15 years of ages, and worrying Polio, for kids in between the ages of 5 and 15 years of ages. 2 weeks ago we introduced a project for immunizing kids in between the ages of 1 day and 5 years of ages versus polio, and now we are continuing to cover the older age in the exact same time of the measles project.”
” We formed 7 groups to immunize kids, our objective was to cover around 3,000 kids. We went beyond that number in the previous 2 days and there are now approximated to be 5,000 kids immunized versus polio and measles.”
” The factor for the boost in the variety of immunized kids is the reality that many individuals were notified about this project and refugees who reside in your homes that were not counted as a part of our project, pertained to the center and we needed to immunize their kids.”
” As I formerly pointed out, our project is sponsored by the health directorate of Erbil however we got assistance from the UNICEF and the WHO.”
” I am physician Saad Youssef Karromeh, Manager in the project and supervisor of the preliminary healthcare sector in al-Hamdaniyah.” (5: 20)
SOUNDBITE 2: Miss Khaladh, Christian refugee (female, English): (05: 41) – (07: 05)
SOUNDBITE 3: Behnan Benoka, Syriac Christian priest (male, Arabic):
(07: 06) “We are here in Mart Shmouni center for refugee rescue in Ankawa, Erbil. This location was developed after the day of 06/08, after individuals ran away from Nineveh. It was required to release this job since illness were spreading out due to the heat, such as diarrhea, and throat infections, particularly with kids due to the fact that of the fars away they needed to cross, and the wait they had at the border of Kurdistan, after the attack of ISIS.”
” The medical personnel that we have here includes volunteers just, and consists of medical professionals, physicians’ assistants, pharmacists, emergency treatment specialists, and a group for company. All of them are volunteers.”
” The majority of the medical professionals utilized to work initially in al-Hamdaniyah medical facility. They are from Bartella, Karamles, Karaqosh, Mosul and numerous other locations. Today they discover themselves amongst refugees so they willingly attempt to assist as much as possible and offer services for those who require treatment, specifically kids, babies, and the senior. We have around 50 volunteers.”
” Worrying the assistance, we do not have a particular organization that moneys us. Whatever you discover here, and the medications are contributions from individuals who attempt to assist in saving clients as much as they can. They send out little quantities of cash to support as much as possible. We invest this cash on medication, although lots of drug stores and stores have actually provided us some medication free of charge, and reduced the cost of other medication, in addition to contributions that originated from beyond Iraq. Worrying monetary assistance, we do not have any organization that is moneying us, other than people.”
” The cash that we receive from people is likewise invested in surgical treatments for individuals in requirement, and on medications that are specifically recommended and not available here at the center”. (10: 50)
(11: 00)” We did not have numerous cases of death, here amongst kids. The deaths were mainly amongst the senior. That does not imply that individuals here are healthy, they are suffering from numerous illness that can be really unsafe often, such as scabies, skin sores, and sun burns, since all of them, even recently born kids, sleep under fundamental camping tents.”
” My name is Behnan Benoka, a priest of the Syriac Catholic from the location of Bartella. I have a doctorate in viewpoint”. (11: 50)
https://www.transterramedia.com/media/43861- mass-vaccination-of-iraqi-refugee-children
Jawdat Ahmed
Freelance Video Reporter
Iraq, Erbil
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