IRC AIDS THE INJURED AND DISPLACED FOLLOWING VIOLENCE IN NEPAL
Nepal 12 Oct 2007 - In the wake of ethnic violence sparked by the killing of a local political leader in southern Nepal, the IRC has been providing emergency medical care to scores of people displaced by the violence. The IRC was the first health team, other than government staff, to deliver emergency medical care to the injured. IRC doctors and auxiliary health workers traveled from their field office to Kapilvastu, the scene of the violence. In addition to treating a range of injuries, the IRC team observed and treated many patients suffering from mental trauma. All told, the IRC has responded to the needs of some 5,000 people.
The killing of former Maoist leader Moin Khan on Sept. 21 sparked the vicious sectarian violence that has pitted ethnic Madhesis against Pahadis. Some 36 people have been killed; several dozens were brutally maimed; and thousands have fled the region.
The IRC is responding to “one of the largest single episodes of displacement that Nepal has seen in years,” said Christina Munzer, the Nepal country director.
Working with local government and the UN, the IRC has also sent a team to the border with India, where some 10,000 people have sought refuge.
The IRC has been working in Nepal since 2005.
Nepal 12 Oct 2007 - In the wake of ethnic violence sparked by the killing of a local political leader in southern Nepal, the IRC has been providing emergency medical care to scores of people displaced by the violence. The IRC was the first health team, other than government staff, to deliver emergency medical care to the injured. IRC doctors and auxiliary health workers traveled from their field office to Kapilvastu, the scene of the violence. In addition to treating a range of injuries, the IRC team observed and treated many patients suffering from mental trauma. All told, the IRC has responded to the needs of some 5,000 people.
The killing of former Maoist leader Moin Khan on Sept. 21 sparked the vicious sectarian violence that has pitted ethnic Madhesis against Pahadis. Some 36 people have been killed; several dozens were brutally maimed; and thousands have fled the region.
The IRC is responding to “one of the largest single episodes of displacement that Nepal has seen in years,” said Christina Munzer, the Nepal country director.
Working with local government and the UN, the IRC has also sent a team to the border with India, where some 10,000 people have sought refuge.
The IRC has been working in Nepal since 2005.
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