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EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY operates in war and postwar
zones supporting victims with:
Surgery:
Surgical Care for victims of war
and land mines
Emergency and Trauma Surgery
General and Reconstructive Surgery
Medicine:
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
First Aid for victims of war
and land mines
Primary Health Care
Medical assistance for prisoners
Rehabilitation:
Physiotherapy
Prosthesis production
Vocational training and cooperative
workshops for amputees
Assistance to widows and orphans
EMERGENCY provides high-quality,
medical, surgical and rehabilitative
care free of charge in war-torn areas.
EMERGENCY promotes a culture
of peace, solidarity and respect
for human rights.
EMERGENCY
Uzbekistan China
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Shebergan
Anabah
Kabul
Afghanistan
Lashkar-gah
Iran Pakistan
istan
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY
In 1999 EMERGENCY transformed a former police
academy in the village of Anabah, in the Panjshir
Valley, into a surgical center for war victims.
Over the years, in order to meet the needs of the
population, admission criteria have been extended
to all surgical emergencies and major traumas. In
2003 a maternity and gynecology center was
established inside the hospital compound, and
new departments of pediatrics and internal medi-
cine were opened.
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Anabah Kabul First Aid Posts (FAPs)
Surgical Surgical Center and Primary Health
and Medical Center for War Victims Clinics (PHCs):
Opened: December 1999 Opened: April 2001 Total Number: 26
Activities: Activities: Locations:
Surgery for war and landmine victims Surgery for war and landmine victims Ahangaran, Anabah, Anjuman, Ba-
Emergency Surgery Trauma Surgery gram, Bazarak, Changaram, Charikar,
Internal Medicine Facilities: Dara, Dashty Rewat, Grishk, Gulbahar,
Pediatrics Emergency Room, Outpatient Horaty, Kapisa, Khinch, Kohi-Safi,
Facilities: Department, 2 Operating Theaters, Koklamy, Logar, Mirbachakot, Paryan,
Emergency Room, Outpatient Depart- Sterilization, Intensive Care Unit, Rokha, Said Khil, Sayad, Shutul,
ments, 2 Operating Theaters, Intensive Sub- intensive Care Unit, Surgical Shutul Mobile Clinic, Sorobi,
Care Unit, Patient Wards, Physiothera- Wards, Physiotherapy, CT Scan, X-ray Tai Maskan
py, X-Ray Department, Laboratory and Department, Laboratory and Blood National Staff: 199
Blood Bank, Pharmacy, Classrooms, Bank, Pharmacy, Classrooms, Chil- Up to December 2005:
Children’s Play Room, Domestic Ser- dren’s Play Room, Domestic Services, Patients referred: 10,506
vices, Maintenance Department Maintenance Department Outpatient consultations: 918,811
Bed Capacity: 70 Bed Capacity: 95
National Staff: 223 National Staff: 303
Up to December 2005: Up to December 2005:
Patients admitted: 10,306 Patients admitted: 10,580
Outpatient consultations: 33,096 Outpatient consultations: 30,310
Surgical procedures: 8,177 Surgical procedures: 12,173
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Guinea
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Goderich
Atlantic Ocean
leone
Liberia
EMERGENCY
In late 2000 EMERGENCY initiated a surgical
program to assist war victims. An abandoned
medical clinic in the district of Goderich, on the
outskirts of Freetown, was refurbished into a surgi-
cal block. New buildings were also constructed in
the compound to complete a fully autonomous and
high-quality medical center where EMERGENCY
provides treatment to survivors of war trauma and
to orthopedic and polio patients. Admission criteria
are now expanded to include all life-threatening
surgical emergencies.
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Goderich, Freetown
Surgical
and Pediatric Center
Opened: November 2001
Activities:
Emergency Surgery
Orthopedic and Reconstructive Surgery
Pediatrics
Facilities:
Emergency Room, Outpatient Depart-
ment, 2 Operating Theaters, Steril-
ization, Intensive Care Unit, Patient
Wards, Physiotherapy, X-Ray Depart-
ment, Laboratory and Blood Bank,
Pharmacy, Classrooms, Children’s Play
Room, Domestic Services
Bed Capacity: 100
National Staff: 238
Up to December 2005:
Patients admitted: 11,693
Outpatient consultations: 124,280
Surgical procedures: 5,662
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Turkey
Choman
Erbil
Sulaimaniya
Syria Iran
Iraq
Baghdad
Jordan
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY has been functioning in Iraq since
March 1995, initially in the Iraq/Iran border city
of Choman. The Sulaimaniya and Erbil surgical
centers opened in 1996 and 1998, respectively,
offering high-quality surgical assistance to victims
of land mines and war. Both centers incorporated
specialized units for burn and spinal patients.
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Sulaimaniya Erbil Sulaimaniya
Surgical Center Surgical Center Rehabilitation Center
for War Victims for War Victims
(February 1996 - April 2005) (June 1998 - April 2005)
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Egypt
Libya
Khartoum Eritrea
Chad
Al Fashir
SUDAN
Ethiopia
Central African
Republic
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY has designed a health program in
Sudan, including both emergency surgery facilities
in war-torn areas such as Darfur, and basic health
care and highly-specialized surgical services
in Khartoum.
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Khartoum Mayo, Khartoum
The Salam Center Pediatric Center
for Cardiac Surgery
Construction Started: October 2004 Opened: December 2005
Location: Activities:
Soba Village, 20 km south of Khar- Primary Health Care
toum, along the Blue Nile Pediatric First Aid
Facilities: Facilities:
3 Operating Theaters, Intensive Care Outpatients Clinics, Patient Ward,
Unit, Subintensive Care Unit, Patient Laboratory, Domestic Services
Wards, Emergency Room, Outpatient Bed Capacity: 6
Clinics, Catheterization Labora- National Staff: 15
tory, Radiology and Ultrasound, CT Up to December 2005:
Scan, Laboratory and Blood Bank, Outpatient consultations: 1,157
Physiotherapy, Domestic Services, Patients referred: 11
Maintenance, Guesthouse for patients’
relatives
Bed Capacity: 67
Referral Clinics:
A network of clinics will be set up
in the countries bordering Sudan for
patient screening and referral to the
center. The clinics, run by EMER-
GENCY international personnel in
cooperation with the relevant local
authorities, will also be responsible for
patient follow-up.
A dedicated EMERGENCY aircraft will
provide patients with free transporta-
tion to and from the Salam Center.
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Laos
Thailand
Battambang
Samlot Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
bodia
Gulf of Thailand
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY’s Surgical Center for war victims was
established in Battambang in 1998 to provide high-
quality surgical care and rehabilitation for victims of
war and land mines.
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Battambang First Aid Posts (FAPs)
Surgical Center
for War Victims
Opened: July 1998 Total Number: 3
Activities: Locations:
Surgery for war and landmine victims O’ Tatiak, Samlot district
Trauma Surgery mobile clinics
Orthopedic, Plastic Local Staff: 4
and Reconstructive Surgery Up to December 2005:
Facilities: Patients referred: 2,295
Emergency Room, Outpatient Outpatient consultations: 160,432*
Department, 3 Operating Theaters,
Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Wards,
Physiotherapy, X-Ray Department, * These figures refer to those visits
Laboratory and Blood Bank, Pharmacy, made to the FAPs at O’Rotkroh, Cham-
Classrooms, Children’s Play Room, long Kouy, Tasanh and O’Chom before
Domestic Services, Maintenance the facilities were transferred to local
Department authorities.
Bed Capacity: 80
Local Staff: 154
Up to December 2005:
Patients admitted: 11,951
Outpatient consultations: 43,027
Surgical procedures: 13,469
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Bay of Bengal
Punochchimunai
Colombo
Kalutara
Sri Lanka
lanka
Gulf of Mannar
EMERGENCY
Following an assessment carried out by an advance
team a few days after the tsunami of December
2004, EMERGENCY supplied the Kalutara general
hospital with surgical instruments and medical
consumables, enabling it to prepare for potential
further emergencies and to resume routine activi-
ties.
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Completed Programs
1994 – EMERGENCY renovated and reopened the
surgical department of Kigali Hospital in Rwanda.
Over a period of four months, surgical assistance was
provided for more than 600 war casualties and landmine
victims. A maternity ward was also reopened, where 2003 – EMERGENCY set up a prosthesis and reha-
more than 2,500 patients received medical bilitation center in Medea, Algeria. An existing clinic
and surgical assistance. within the public hospital compound was renovated and
equipped, and EMERGENCY trained Algerian staff to de-
1999 – EMERGENCY supported the Jova Jovanovic liver specialized care. The center, named Amal (“hope”
Zmaj Orphanage in Belgrade, Serbia. in Arabic), was transferred to local health authorities
in 2004.
2000 – EMERGENCY sent a surgical team to Eritrea in
response to a request from the Italian Office for Coop- 2003 – EMERGENCY built a prosthesis and rehabilita-
eration and Development. During the two-month mission tion center in Dohuk, northern Iraq, and handed it over
the EMERGENCY team worked in the Mekane Hiwat to local health authorities.
Hospital in Asmara, treating victims of the war between
Ethiopia and Eritrea. 2003 – EMERGENCY intervened in Angola at the re-
quest of a local religious organization in Benguela Prov-
2001 – EMERGENCY built a prosthesis and rehabilita- ince. Two health centers were refurbished and equipped
tion center in Diana, in northern Iraq, and transferred it with medicines and consumable supplies. EMERGENCY
to the local health authorities. managed the clinic and trained Angolan medical staff
for one year.
2002 – EMERGENCY provided pharmaceutical supplies
to “Casa de la Mujer” a network of women’s centers in 2003/04 – A surgical team worked in the orthopedic
Managua, Nicaragua. The dispensaries assist female department of Jenin Public Hospital, Palestine.
cancer and diabetes patients. EMERGENCY built a new orthopedic ward, a new
department of physiotherapy, a hospital kitchen
2003 – EMERGENCY supplied Al-Kindi Hospital in and canteen. EMERGENCY was also responsible for
Baghdad, Iraq, with generator fuel, medicines and con- professional training of the Palestinian medical staff.
sumable materials. In the same period, tons of medical
supplies were donated to the hospital in Karbala, 70 2004 – EMERGENCY supported the people of Falluja,
miles south of Baghdad. Iraq, during the siege of the city in November 2004.
Relief items, water and pharmaceutical supplies
were given to community leaders and to the local
public hospital.
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY’s
Financial Resources
and Legal Status
EMERGENCY was established in Italy in 1994 as
a nonprofit organization to assist civilian victims
of war and land mines.
Year
euro
Since 1999 it has been officially recognized by
the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Non-
1994
1998
EMERGENCY’s financial resources come primarily 2,157,363
from donations from individuals, private compa-
nies and local governments. 1999
3,979,566
2002
18,440,738
2003
17,440,944
2004
17,240,225
2005
13,500,000*
*Estimated balance
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To Support EMERGENCY:
Personal Check
Payable to: EMERGENCY, USA
10592 Perry Highway #112
Wexford, PA 15090 USA
Bank Transfer
EMERGENCY, USA
Citizens Bank of Pittsburgh
Account No: 620-196-0221
Routing No: 0360-76150
For international wire transfer:
Swift Code CTZUS33
EMERGENCY
Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna
(Milan branch)
Account No: (IBAN) IT18M 05387 12916
000000005128
For international wire transfer: BPMOIT22
EMERGENCY, USA
10592 Perry Highway #112
Wexford, PA 15090-9244
Phone: 1-724-766-4518
E-mail: info@emergencyusa.org
www.emergencyusa.org
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are born free and
equal in dignity and
rights.” Recognizing
this principle “is the
foundation of free-
dom, justice and
peace in the world.”
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Article 1 and Preamble
Paris, December 10, 1948
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